US 12,138,410 B2
Sinuplasty instrument with deflectable guide rail
Jetmir Palushi, Irvine, CA (US); Athanasios Papadakis, Newport Beach, CA (US); Itzhak Fang, Irvine, CA (US); and Jordan R. Trott, Redondo Beach, CA (US)
Assigned to ACCLARENT, INC., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Acclarent, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/588,390.
Application 17/588,390 is a continuation of application No. 16/665,128, filed on Oct. 28, 2019, granted, now 11,273,293.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/783,252, filed on Dec. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0211982 A1, Jul. 7, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 1/06 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01); A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61B 1/233 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 29/02 (2013.01) [A61B 1/06 (2013.01); A61M 25/0023 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 1/233 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0024 (2013.01); A61M 25/0054 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0687 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a) a body;
b) a first shaft extending distally relative to the body, wherein the first shaft includes a malleable distal portion;
c) an actuation assembly, wherein the actuation assembly includes:
i. second shaft extending distally relative to the body, wherein the second shaft is coaxially positioned about the first shaft, and
ii. an actuator, wherein the actuator is operable to selectively bend the malleable distal portion of the first shaft; and
d) a working instrument coaxially interposed between the first shaft and the second shaft, wherein the working instrument is operable to translate along the malleable distal portion of the first shaft.