Patent ID: 6606995
Filing Date: 2003-08-19
Classification: A61F

Abstract:
A choanal atresia stent comprising:two long hollow tubes, each of the two tubes having a distal end and a proximal end; a first flexible transverse tube bridging the two long tubes at their proximal ends, the first flexible transverse tube being rigidly connected to only one of the long hollow tubes; two short hollow tubes having an inner diameter larger than the outer diameter of the long hollow tubes so that the short tubes slide over the long hollow tubes; a second transverse tube rigidly connecting the two short hollow tubes; and a strong thread attached to each of the long hollow tubes and running from the inside of one of the long tubes, through the inside of the first transverse tube, to the inside of another of the long tubes so that the strong thread holds the two long tubes and the first transverse tube together.