Endoscopic methods and devices for transnasal procedures

a technology of endoscopic methods and devices, applied in the field of medical equipment and methods, can solve problems such as the subtraction of deep structures using the available rigid instrumentation, and achieve the effects of reducing the amount of fluoroscopy and reducing radiation exposure to the user and the patien
US20070167682A1Inactive Publication Date: 2007-07-19ACCLARENT INC
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Authority / Receiving Office
US · United States
Patent Type
Applications(United States)
Current Assignee / Owner
ACCLARENT INC
Publication Date
2007-07-19
Estimated Expiration
Not applicable · inactive patent

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Abstract

Medical devices, systems and methods that are useable to facilitate transnasal insertion and positioning of guidewires and various other devices and instruments at desired locations within the ear, nose, throat, paranasal sinuses or cranium.
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[0001] This application is a confinuation-in-part application of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 522,497, filed Sep. 15, 2006, and is also a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 193,020 filed Jul. 29, 2005, which is a continuation-in-part of U.S. patent application Ser. Nos. 10 / 829,917 filed Apr. 21, 2004, Ser. No. 10 / 944,270 filed Sep. 17, 2004, Ser. No. 11 / 116,118 filed Apr. 26, 2005 and Ser. No. 11 / 150,847 filed Jun. 10, 2005, each such application being expressly incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference thereto, and each of which to which we claim priority under 35 USC §120.

[0002] This application also claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 60 / 844,874, filed Sep. 15, 2006, which application is expressly incorporated herein, in its entirety, by reference thereto and to which we claim priority under 35 USC §119.FIELD OF THE INVENTION

[0003] The present invention relates generally to medical apparatus a...

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