ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,329,363, issued on June 17, was assigned to 3NT Medical Ltd. (Rosh Ha'ayin, Israel).
"Modular body cavity access system" was invented by Ehud Bendory (Herzliya, Israel), Eran Bendory (Maccabin-Re'ut, Israel) and Gil Hefer (Shimshit, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for accessing a body cavity, such as a paranasal sinus, may include a sinus access member and a handle. The sinus access member may include a rigid support tube, a curved shape memory member slidably disposed at least partially within the rigid support tube, a flexible tube slidably disposed over at least part of the curved shape memory member, and proximal coupl...