发明名称 |
IMPLANTABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DELIVERING DRUGS AND OTHER SUBSTANCES TO TREAT SINUSITIS AND OTHER DISORDERS |
摘要 |
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. |
申请公布号 |
CA2575361(A1) |
申请公布日期 |
2006.02.23 |
申请号 |
CA20052575361 |
申请日期 |
2005.07.18 |
申请人 |
ACCLARENT, INC. |
发明人 |
WALKE, AMRISH JAYPRAKASH;VRANY, JULIA D.;CHANG, JOHN Y.;MAKOWER, JOSHUA |
分类号 |
A61K9/22;A61B5/06;A61B17/22;A61B17/24;A61B17/34;A61B19/00;A61F2/00;A61F2/18;A61F2/82;A61F13/00;A61M1/00;A61M25/00;A61M29/00 |
主分类号 |
A61K9/22 |
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