| 摘要 |
FIELD: medicine.SUBSTANCE: group of inventions refers to medicine, namely to minimally-invasive medical systems and methods for performing therapeutic procedures in sinuses. In different embodiments, a sinus (sinuses) to be treated may comprise one or more of maxillary sinus, frontal sinus, ethmoidal sinus and/or sphenoidal sinus. In different embodiments, the methods and systems involve removing tissue and/or material from one or more sinuses and/or nasal cavity, widening one or more foramens to one or more paranasal sinuses, widening other regions or structures in the nasal cavity, or performing these procedures in any combinations acceptable. In those embodiments, where a foramen to the paranasal sinus is supposed to be widened, the foramen may represent a natural mouth of the paranasal sinus, or an artificial foramen. In some embodiments, the natural mouth of one sinus and the artificial foramen of the other sinus may be widened by means of the same system. Any combination of these and other stages of operation is allowed.EFFECT: inventions enable diagnosing and treating the disorders associated with constrictions or obstructions of anatomical sites in ear, nose, throat and mouth.28 cl, 25 dwg |
