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US 12,256,981 · App. 18/203,363 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Apparatus and methods for treating rhinitis

Inventor: Vahid Saadat (Atherton, CA)
Assignee: Arrinex, Inc.
A61B18/1485A61B17/24A61B18/02A61N7/02A61N7/022A61B2018/0022A61B2018/00327A61B2018/00434A61B2018/00577A61B2018/00714A61B2018/00791A61B2018/00982A61B2018/0212A61B2018/0268A61B2018/143A61B2018/1475A61B2090/378A61B2218/002A61N2007/003
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Patent No.
US 12,256,981
App. No.
18/203,363
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Apparatus and methods for treating conditions such as rhinitis are disclosed herein where a distal end of a probe shaft is introduced through the nasal cavity where the distal end has an end effector with a first configuration having a low-profile which is shaped to manipulate tissue within the nasal cavity. The distal end may be positioned into proximity of a tissue region having a post nasal nerve associated with a middle or inferior nasal turbinate. Once suitably positioned, the distal end may be reconfigured from the first configuration to a second configuration which is shaped to contact and follow the tissue region and the post nasal nerve may then be ablated via the distal end. Ablation may be performed using various mechanisms, such as cryotherapy, and optionally under direct visualization.

Claims (26)

1. A method for applying RF energy in a nasal region of a human patient, the method comprising:

inserting a distal end of a surgical probe into a nasal cavity of a patient through a nostril of the patient in a low-profile delivery state, wherein the surgical probe comprises:

a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, wherein the shaft is configured to locate the distal portion at a target site in a nasal cavity, and

a therapeutic assembly at the distal portion of the shaft, wherein the therapeutic assembly comprises a plurality of struts arranged in at least two branches radially spaced apart from each other when the therapeutic assembly is in an expanded state, and a plurality of electrodes disposed on the plurality of struts;

advancing the distal end of the surgical probe into the nasal cavity with the therapeutic assembly in the low-profile delivery state;

transitioning the therapeutic assembly from the low-profile delivery state to the expanded state;

positioning the therapeutic assembly in the expanded state at a target site proximate or inferior to a sphenopalatine foramen; and

applying radiofrequency (RF) energy with the plurality of electrodes to the target site to therapeutically treat at least one nasal nerve.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying RF energy comprises operating the plurality of electrodes in a monopolar, bipolar, or multipolar fashion.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising individually connecting the plurality of electrodes to different poles of an RF generator.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of struts comprise two struts arranged in two opposing branches.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein in the expanded state the two struts form a T-shape with the shaft.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein in the low-profile delivery state the two struts are parallel with the shaft.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises decreasing or interrupting parasympathetic nerve signals.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises treating at least one symptom of rhinitis.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises electrical neuro-stimulation of the at least one nasal nerve.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises causing an electrical neuro-blockade of the at least one nasal nerve.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises electrical neuro-stimulation or electrical neuro-stimulation of the nasal nerve in order to determine one or more locations of the at least one nasal nerve at the target site.

12. The method of claim 11 , further comprising detecting the one or more locations of the at least one nasal nerve at the target site based on a physiological response.

13. The method of claim 1 , further comprising detecting a Doppler flow signal with a Doppler flow sensor at the distal end to locate a blood vessel associated with the at least one nasal nerve.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one nasal nerve comprises at least one nasal nerve selected from a group consisting of: a posterior nasal nerve, a vidian nerve or branches or portions thereof, a parasympathetic nerve, a greater palatine nerve or branches or portions thereof, a maxillary nerve or branches or portions thereof, a nerve branch or portion of a sphenopalatine ganglion, and a posterolateral nerve or branches or portions thereof.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy comprises ablating the at least one nasal nerve.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the target site is at microforamina of a palatine bone of the human patient.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein positioning the therapeutic assembly in the expanded state comprises positioning the therapeutic assembly at a location that is inferior to the sphenopalatine foramen.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising cooling a mucosal surface to minimize thermal injury to the mucosal surface.

19. The method of claim 1 , wherein applying the RF energy with the plurality of electrodes to the target site to therapeutically treat the at least one nasal nerve comprises reducing at least one symptom of rhinitis.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 22, 2026
From: ARRINEX, INC,
To: STRYKER CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 076101/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: SAADAT, VAHID
To: NIDUS MEDICAL LLC
Reel/Frame 064762/0413 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2023
From: NIDUS MEDICAL LLC
To: ARRINEX, INC.
Reel/Frame 064788/0364 →
Continuity (6)
Division 16193721 · Nov 16, 2018
Continuation 15242398 · Aug 19, 2016
Continuation 14503060 · Sep 30, 2014
Provisional Application 62015468 · Jun 22, 2014
Provisional Application 61884547 · Sep 30, 2013
Related Publication 20230314268A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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