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Method and System for Accessing, Diagnosing and Treating Target Tissue Regions Within the Middle Ear and the Eustachian Tube

  • US 20090163890A1
  • Filed: 12/19/2008
  • Published: 06/25/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method for accessing a Eustachian tube of a patient, the method comprising:

  • inserting a guide catheter into a nasal passage of the patient, the guide catheter having distal tip with a bend having an angle between 30 and 90 degrees; and

    advancing the guide catheter in the nasal passage toward an opening of the Eustachian tube in the nasopharynx to place the distal tip adjacent the Eustachian tube opening.

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