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Implantable nasal stimulator systems and methods

  • US 10,207,108 B2
  • Filed: 10/22/2015
  • Issued: 02/19/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of implanting a microstimulator into nasal tissue of a nasal cavity to increase tear production in a patient having dry eye, comprising:

  • identifying an implantation site along a nasal cavity in the patient, the identifying comprising;

    delivering, via a locator probe, a test electrical stimulus to nasal tissue of a nasal cavity; and

    detecting a response to the test electrical stimulus, the response comprising tear production in the patient;

    implanting the microstimulator at the identified implantation site, the microstimulator comprising a stimulation electrode; and

    delivering an electrical current from the stimulation electrode to stimulate an anterior ethmoidal nerve in the nasal tissue to increase tear production in the patient.

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