Surgery – Instruments – Means for inserting or removing conduit within body
Reexamination Certificate
2007-05-16
2011-11-08
Hughes, Tom (Department: 3731)
Surgery
Instruments
Means for inserting or removing conduit within body
C606S108000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08052693
ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for treating a patient having a head with a first ear and a second ear, function by aligning a first device with a tympanic membrane of the first ear; inputting a command to an input device operatively coupled to the first device to generate a signal; and actuating the first device in response to the signal so as to drive a penetrator of the device through the tympanic membrane.
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Acclarent, Inc.
Hughes Tom
Miles Jonathan W
Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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