Patent ID: 8961510
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A method of performing an endoscopic nasal palatoplasty procedure on a patient, comprising the steps of: (a) evaluating the patient to determine specific areas of operating procedures needed, wherein the specific areas of operating procedures needed are from the group consisting of a superior surface of a soft palate and a superior surface of a uvula; (b) selecting a specific area of the specific areas of operating procedures needed, based upon the evaluating; (c) providing at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement having a distal tip; (d) preparing the patient and the at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement for the endoscopic nasal palatoplasty procedure, wherein preparing the patient includes anesthetization; (e) inserting the at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement through a nasal passage of the patient; (f) penetrating the selected specific area of the patient at a predetermined location and to a predetermined depth using the distal tip of the at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement; (g) electrically actuating the at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement, thereby forming a lesion in the selected specific area of the patient; (h) repeating steps (f) and (g) a plurality of times forming a predetermined lesion pattern; (i) wherein the predetermined lesion pattern includes symmetric series lesions formed in lateral rows on each side of the selected specific area; (j) withdrawing the at least one electric endoscopic surgical implement from the nasal passage of the patient; and (k) monitoring a recovery of the patient.