Method for treating obstructed paranasal ethmoid sinuses
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1. A method of treating a space in a patient'"'"'s ethmoid sinus, comprising:
- providing a catheter device comprising an expandable and contractible member which is expandable from a first smaller contracted profile to a second larger expanded profile;
creating an opening into the ethmoid sinus;
during the same medical procedure, pushing said member while in said contracted profile through the opening into the space associated with the ethmoid sinus of said patient;
expanding said member to said expanded profile to enlarge the space, the space being enlarged when the member is expanded; and
removing the catheter from the now enlarged space, which remains enlarged for a period of time effective to treat the space associated with the ethmoid sinus after the balloon catheter is removed.
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Abstract
A method of treating a patient'"'"'s ethmoid sinus. A balloon of a balloon catheter is inflated in a space associated with the ethmoid sinus to enlarge the space. The space remains enlarged after the balloon catheter is removed.
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1. A method of treating a space in a patient'"'"'s ethmoid sinus, comprising:
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providing a catheter device comprising an expandable and contractible member which is expandable from a first smaller contracted profile to a second larger expanded profile; creating an opening into the ethmoid sinus; during the same medical procedure, pushing said member while in said contracted profile through the opening into the space associated with the ethmoid sinus of said patient; expanding said member to said expanded profile to enlarge the space, the space being enlarged when the member is expanded; and removing the catheter from the now enlarged space, which remains enlarged for a period of time effective to treat the space associated with the ethmoid sinus after the balloon catheter is removed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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