Patent ID: 9402686
Filing Date: 2016-08-02
CPC Classification: A61B,A61M,A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method of sinus surgery for treating an inaccessible sinus site in a sinus of a human subject in need of sinus treatment, the method comprising: piercing a first access opening into the sinus of the human subject from a first externally accessible anatomical location to provide access to the inaccessible sinus site; piercing a second access opening into the sinus of the human subject from a second externally accessible anatomical location to provide access to the inaccessible sinus site; inserting a first surgical instrument, into the first access opening and traversing the first access opening with the first surgical instrument to introduce the first surgical instrument to the inaccessible sinus site, wherein the first surgical instrument comprises a source of illumination to illuminate a target site and a viewing device enabling the sinus site to be viewed externally of the human subject; inserting a second surgical instrument into the second access opening and traversing the second access opening with the second surgical instrument to introduce the second surgical instrument to the inaccessible sinus site; cooperatively manipulating the first and second instruments while each instrument is introduced to the sinus site to perform a sinus treatment; and inspecting the sinus site through the first surgical instrument for an indication of inflammation and, responsive to inflammation being indicated, applying an anti-inflammatory treatment to the sinus site using the second surgical instrument through the second access opening.