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Interventional sinus endoscope

US9827395B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Gyrus ACMI, Inc. · US

Inventors

Chris P. Olig · Eden Prairie, US
Kester J. Batchelor · Mound, US
Tailin Fan · Nashua, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 15, 2014
Grant date	Nov 28, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 17, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2210/0681
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus and method are presented for a therapy delivery device including a catheter, an endoscope and an endoscope shaft, one or more attachment features for attaching the catheter to the endoscope, wherein the catheter has an expandable lumen at a distal end and wherein the expandable lumen expands upon injection of a therapy at the proximal end of the catheter. Attachment features may be a series of clips along the length of the catheter for attaching to an endoscope or a second lumen on the catheter wherein an endoscope may through one of said lumens. Targeted therapy delivery may be a hydrogel or a chitosan hydrogel to provide a treatment within a sinus of a patient.

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