SYSTEM FOR TREATING TARGET TISSUE WITHIN THE EUSTACHIAN TUBE

摘要

A system for accessing a patient's eustachian tube (26) is disclosed. The system includes a guide having a distal tip configured to pass into a patient ' s nasal passage for positioning a distal tip (1602) of the catheter in or near the eustachian tube, the distal tip having a bend having an angle of 30 to 90 degrees; And a guide wire 1604 configured to pass through the guide and into the eustachian tube. A device 1606 for providing therapy to the eustachian tube passes through the guide.