Dilation instrument with malleable guide

A dilation instrument (600) includes a body (612) and a shaft assembly (620) extending distally from the body. The shaft assembly includes a malleable guide member (640) and a ball tip (652) positioned at a distal end of the malleable guide member (640). The shaft assembly further includes a positio...

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Hauptverfasser:	Kokou A. Amefia, Erica E. Lovejoy, Henry F. Salazar, SHUBHAYU BASU, Cesar Fuentes-Ortega, Brittanie Chu, Raymond Yue-Sing Tang
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; heb
Schlagworte:	ACCESSORIES DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DIAGNOSIS HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE OUTERWEAR PROTECTIVE GARMENTS SURGERY WEARING APPAREL
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Zusammenfassung:	A dilation instrument (600) includes a body (612) and a shaft assembly (620) extending distally from the body. The shaft assembly includes a malleable guide member (640) and a ball tip (652) positioned at a distal end of the malleable guide member (640). The shaft assembly further includes a position sensor (346) positioned within the ball tip. The position sensor is configured to generate a signal indicating a position of the ball tip in three-dimensional space. The shaft assembly further includes an illuminating feature (344) positioned within the ball tip. The illuminating feature is configured to emit light. The shaft assembly further includes an inflatable balloon (664) positioned proximal to the enlarged tip. The inflatable balloon is configured to dilate a passageway in an ear, nose, or throat of a patient.