ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,274,847, issued on April 15, was assigned to Stryker Corp. (Portage, Mich.).
"Method and articles for treating the sinus system" was invented by Anthony J. Hanson (Chaska, Minn.), John R. Drontle (Monticello, Minn.), Chad Harris (Albertville, Minn.) and Matthew Higgins (Maple Grove, Minn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of treating a sinus cavity of a subject includes advancing a distal portion of a light source through a drainage pathway of a sinus cavity and into the sinus cavity and visually observing a transdermal light emitted from the light source. A distal portion of a substantially rigid inner guide member of a balloon dil...