US Patent Issued to Acclarent on July 7 for "Dilation instrument with malleable guide and dilation catheter with integral position sensor" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,673,193, issued on July 7, was assigned to Acclarent Inc. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Dilation instrument with malleable guide and dilation catheter with integral position sensor" was invented by Babak Ebrahimi (Irvine, Calif.), Ehsan Shameli (Irvine, Calif.), George L. Matlock (Pleasanton, Calif.), John H. Thinnes Jr. (Mission Viejo, Calif.) and Fatemeh Akbarian (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a handle assembly, a guide tube, and a dilation catheter. The guide tube extends distally from the handle assembly. At least a distal portion of the guide tube is malleable. The dilation catheter is slidably...