Patent ID: 9579448
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61M

Claim:
1. A medical device for accessing, dilating and irrigating a sinus, the device comprising: a handle useful for single-handed operation of the medical device, said handle having a proximal end, a distal end and a handle body between the proximal end and the distal end; a sinus guide catheter attached to said handle distal end; a guiding element for accessing the sinus; and a balloon dilation catheter for dilating and irrigating the sinus wherein the balloon dilation catheter comprises an inflation lumen, a guiding element lumen and an irrigation lumen; wherein a balloon catheter movement mechanism and a guiding element movement mechanism are slidable along the handle for single handed movement of the guiding element and balloon catheter to access, dilate and irrigate the sinus without removing the medical device from the sinus, and wherein the guiding element movement mechanism and the balloon catheter movement mechanism are longitudinally aligned and the balloon catheter movement mechanism is located on top of the guiding element movement mechanism and is configured to slide over the guiding element movement mechanism.