Frontal sinus stent

Details Frontal sinus stent Frontal sinus stent

1996-06-25

1997-12-02

Buiz, Michael

Surgery

Instruments

Internal pressure applicator

604902, A61M 2900

Patent

active

056930658

ABSTRACT:
A self-retaining stent made of medical-grade silicone rubber that comprises a tube extended into a bulb on one end of said tube, said bulb consisting of multiple, radially-disposed ribs separated by openings into the bulb that allow fluid from the frontal sinus to drain into the bulb and thence through the tube after that stent has been inserted endoscopically into the frontal sinus.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4767404 (1988-08-01), Renton
patent: 5588952 (1996-12-01), Dandolu

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