Patent ID: 9237924
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: A61B,A61F,A61N,F04C

Claim Text:
1. A device for treating a patient's nasal airway by reshaping the nasal airway without using a surgical incision, implant or needle, the device comprising: only one elongate, rigid shaft having a first width, a proximal end and a distal end, and defining a longitudinal axis; only one handle at the proximal end of the elongate shaft; and only one fixed-size, non-expandable, elongate treatment element extending from the distal end of the elongate shaft, the elongate treatment element having a second width that is larger than the first width, an elongate front tissue-contact surface, a back surface, and a length; and two rows of non-penetrating, radiofrequency electrodes protruding laterally from the elongate front tissue-contact surface of the elongate treatment element, wherein the electrodes comprise multiple bipolar electrode pairs configured to deliver radiofrequency energy to a nasal tissue to be treated, wherein the elongate front tissue-contact surface comprises a shallow convex shape defining a curve and configured to mechanically press laterally against the nasal tissue to be treated to reshape a region of the patient's nasal airway to a new conformation, wherein the length of the treatment element is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the shaft, and wherein the curve of the convex shape of the treatment element is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the shaft.