US 12,133,794 B2
Nasal implant introduced through a non-surgical injection technique
Iyad S. Saidi, Arlington, VA (US)
Assigned to Stryker Corporation, Portage, MI (US)
Filed by Spirox, Inc., Menlo Park, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/793,925.
Application 12/507,697 is a division of application No. 11/898,768, filed on Sep. 14, 2007, granted, now 7,780,730, issued on Aug. 24, 2010.
Application 16/793,925 is a continuation of application No. 14/331,805, filed on Jul. 15, 2014, granted, now 10,603,163.
Application 14/331,805 is a continuation of application No. 13/348,105, filed on Jan. 11, 2012, granted, now 8,784,488, issued on Jul. 22, 2014.
Application 13/348,105 is a continuation of application No. 12/507,697, filed on Jul. 22, 2009, granted, now 8,133,276, issued on Mar. 16, 2012.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/846,736, filed on Sep. 25, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2020/0253726 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61F 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 2/186 (2013.01) [A61F 2/18 (2013.01); A61F 5/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for implanting a nasal implant, comprising:
transmucossally puncturing an introducing needle through an internal mucosa of a lateral nasal wall of a nose into nasal tissue of the nose at a puncture site within a nasal cavity of the nose, wherein the puncture site is at a vestibule of the nose, wherein puncturing the introducing needle through the nasal tissue at the puncture site is performed without forming an incision at the puncture site prior to puncturing the introducing needle through the nasal tissue at the puncture site, wherein the introducing needle comprises a hollow core that extends to a distalmost end of the introducing needle, wherein the distalmost end of the introducing needle is a beveled tip for puncturing the nasal tissue;
after puncturing the introducing needle into the nasal tissue at the puncture site, advancing the introducing needle through the nasal tissue to a site of implantation in the nose;
after advancing the introducing needle through the nasal tissue to the site of implantation, moving the nasal implant relative to the hollow core and out of the distalmost end of the introducing needle to deposit the nasal implant at the site of implantation in the nasal tissue of the nose; and
removing the introducing needle from the nasal tissue via the puncture site.