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System, apparatus, and method for facilitating interface with laryngeal structures

US8380313B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

MED-EL Elektromedizinische Geraete GmbH · AT

Inventors

Andreas Müller · Wadgassen, DE
Gerhard Foster · Jena, DE
Rudolf Hagen · Würzburg, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 28, 2011
Grant date	Feb 19, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 18, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/3611
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A minimally invasive method of introducing an interface element to interface with laryngeal structures of a subject includes forming a subperichondral tunnel on an outside of a cricoid cartilage arch and through the cricoid cartilage arch towards a cricothyroid joint to form an insertion route. The method also includes inserting a hollow needle into the insertion route to a posterior space of a cricoid cartilage plate of the subject, positioning at least one interface element along the insertion route for interfacing with the laryngeal structures of the subject, and retracting the hollow needle back along the insertion route.

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