Title:
物質を送達するための埋め込み型装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5461628
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
The present application relates generally to medical systems and more particularly to substance delivering implants for treating a broad range of disorders including but not limited to sinusitis and other ear, nose and throat disorders. The system includes a guide catheter for insertion into the nose and a balloon catheter comprising a balloon. The balloon catheter is advanceable through the guide catheter to a location where the balloon is within the Eustachian tube and inflatable to enlarge the Eustachian tube. It is thereafter removable leaving the guide catheter in place. The system also includes a device for delivering a substance to a location within the body of a human or animal subject to diagnose or treat a disorder. The device includes a reservoir that may be loaded with the substance and a barrier located in relation to the reservoir such that substance that has been loaded into the reservoir will pass out of the reservoir and through the barrier at a known rate. A delivery catheter is advanceable through the guide catheter into the Eustachian tube and useable to deliver the implantable substance delivery device to the enlarged Eustachian tube.
Inventors:
McCower, Joshua
Chan, John Wai.
Bunny, Julia Di.
Walke, Amrish Jay Prakash
Chan, John Wai.
Bunny, Julia Di.
Walke, Amrish Jay Prakash
Application Number:
JP2012165578A
Publication Date:
April 02, 2014
Filing Date:
July 26, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Acclarent, Inc.
International Classes:
A61B5/06; A61M37/00; A61B17/00; A61B17/24; A61F13/00; A61K9/22; A61M1/00; A61M29/00; A61B17/22; A61B17/34; A61B19/00; A61F2/00; A61F2/18; A61F2/82; A61M25/00
Domestic Patent References:
| JP6508278A |
Foreign References:
| US20040116958 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Konobu Kato