US 11,806,265 B2
Apparatus and methods for correcting nasal valve collapse
Donald A. Gonzales, Austin, TX (US); and Christopher M. Revell, San Antonio, TX (US)
Assigned to Spirox, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US)
Filed by Spirox, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 27, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/005,087.
Application 17/005,087 is a continuation of application No. 15/423,345, filed on Feb. 2, 2017, granted, now 10,786,383.
Application 15/423,345 is a continuation of application No. 13/129,846, granted, now 9,597,220, issued on Mar. 21, 2017, previously published as PCT/US2009/064689, filed on Nov. 17, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/116,112, filed on Nov. 19, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2020/0390585 A1, Dec. 17, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 17/064 (2006.01); A61F 2/18 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61F 5/08 (2013.01) [A61B 17/064 (2013.01); A61B 17/0642 (2013.01); A61F 2/186 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0646 (2013.01); A61B 2017/0647 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method of supporting an upper lateral cartilage in a nose of a patient, the method comprising:
forming an aperture in tissue of a nose;
inserting a nasal implant into the aperture, wherein the nasal implant comprises a body portion and a head portion, wherein the body portion comprise a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the head portion is at the proximal end of the body portion, wherein the body portion comprises a plurality of barbs, wherein the body portion of the nasal implant is inserted through the aperture prior to the head portion;
advancing the nasal implant through the aperture to a position at which the nasal implant is over a maxilla bone within the nose of the patient;
while the nasal implant is at the position over the maxilla bone, engaging the plurality of barbs with a periosteum of the patient to maintain the nasal implant in the position; and
applying, using the nasal implant in the position, a force to the upper lateral cartilage to support the upper lateral cartilage in the nose and resist collapse of the upper lateral cartilage during inhalation.