Patent ID: 9480594
Filing Date: 2016-11-01
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61L

Claim Text:
1. A nasal implant delivery system comprising a delivery device comprising a grippable housing with an implant delivery conduit having a piercing end configured to pierce a nasal tissue, the conduit comprising an interior orienting portion with a cross-sectional shape configured to orient an implant relative to the conduit; and a longitudinal implant configured to reside within the nasal tissue comprising a first end including a resiliently deformable portion comprising two tines configured to have a contracted first shape and an expanded second shape, wherein the first shape comprises a non-circular cross-section configured to orient the implant relative to the conduit by the conduit orienting portion when the implant is in place in the conduit and the expanded second shape comprises an expanded shape of the resiliently deformable portion of the implant including ends of the two tines pointing from the first end of the implant away from a second end of the implant that opposes the first end of the implant, the expanded shape of the resiliently deformable portion corresponding to an orientation of the implant within the conduit orientating portion, the expanded shape of the resiliently deformable portion of the implant configured to anchor the implant to nasal tissue when the implant has emerged from the conduit and is in place in the nasal tissue.