Patent ID: 8657846

Claim:
A system for placing a wire guide in a sinus drainage pathway in a patient comprising: a guide catheter; a handle secured to a proximal portion of the guide catheter, the handle defining a recess that opens along a longitudinal length of an exterior portion of the handle; a wire steering device disposed in the recess and configured to slide along the recess in a direction parallel to a major longitudinal axis of the handle and further configured to rotate relative to the handle, wherein the wire steering device is configured to be externally manipulated by a user; and a wire guide extending through the guide catheter and the wire steering device, wherein the wire steering device is configured to effectuate rotation of the wire guide through complete revolutions relative to the handle while the wire steering device is positioned within the steering device recess; and a balloon catheter comprising an inflatable balloon, wherein the balloon catheter is configured to extend over the wire guide for placement in the sinus drainage pathway.