Japan Intellectual Property Rights: DEVICES FOR THERAPEUTIC NASAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS

Japan, March 5 -- NATIONAL UNIVERCITY IRELAND GALWAY has got intellectual property rights for 'DEVICES FOR THERAPEUTIC NASAL NEUROMODULATION AND ASSOCIATED METHODS AND SYSTEMS.' Other related details are as follows:

Application Number: JP,2023-141234

Category (FI): A61B18/14

Stage: PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To disclose herein devices for therapeutic nasal neuromodulation and associated methods and systems.SOLUTION: A system for therapeutic neuromodulation in a nasal region configured in accordance with embodiments of the present technology can include, for example, a shaft and a therapeutic element at a distal portion of the shaft. The shaft can locate the distal portion intraluminally at a target site inferior to a patient's sphenopalatine foramen. The therapeutic element can include an energy delivery element configured to therapeutically modulate postganglionic parasympathetic nerves at microforamina of a palatine bone of the human patient for the treatment of rhinitis or other indications. In other embodiments, the therapeutic element can be configured to therapeutically modulate nerves that innervate the frontal, ethmoidal, sphenoidal, and maxillary sinuses for the treatment of chronic sinusitis.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1A (Grant)

Filing Date: Aug. 31, 2023

Publication Date: Nov. 10, 2023

The original document can be viewed at: https://www.j-platpat.inpit.go.jp/p0100

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