ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,207,858, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.) and Biosense Webster (Israel) Ltd. (Yokneam, Israel).
"Apparatus and method for ablating Eustachian tube" was invented by Jetmir Palushi (Irvine, Calif.), Hany Abdelwahed (Irvine, Calif.), Shubhayu Basu (Anaheim, Calif.), Itzhak Fang (Irvine, Calif.), Madison K. Vanosdoll (Irvine, Calif.) and Henry F. Salazar (Pico Rivera, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a shaft, a balloon, a tip member, and a heating feature. The tip member is distal to the balloon and has a larger outer diameter than the shaft. The heating feature is operable to abla...