US 11,925,371 B2
Paranasal sinus medical device and uses thereof
Nir Altman, Kfar Etsyon (IL); Avinoam Gemer, Kiryat Ono (IL); and Danny Hadar, Kibbutz Eyal (IL)
Assigned to SINUSAFE MEDICAL LTD, Kiryat Ono (IL)
Filed by SINUSAFE MEDICAL LTD, Kiryat Ono (IL)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/536,277.
Application 17/536,277 is a continuation of application No. 15/541,634, granted, now 11,213,308, previously published as PCT/IL2016/050022, filed on Jan. 7, 2016.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/100,926, filed on Jan. 8, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2022/0079610 A1, Mar. 17, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/32 (2006.01); A61B 17/34 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/3207 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 17/24 (2013.01) [A61B 17/32002 (2013.01); A61B 17/3421 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00331 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00685 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320008 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320012 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320733 (2013.01); A61B 2017/320766 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
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1. A medical device for treating and/or diagnosing a paranasal sinus condition, said medical device comprising:
a flexible hollow cannula configured to be at least partially inserted through an ostium into a sinus cavity of a subject, said flexible hollow cannula comprising a flexible grinding wire configured to rotate along a longitudinal axis thereof and thereby grind, chop and/or stir material present in said sinus cavity and/or inside said hollow cannula, wherein said flexible grinding wire is configured to grind material within the flexible hollow cannula essentially along a length thereof.