Innovative Tool Facilitates Sinus Dilation

A novel tool features a narrower profile for easier and safer passage through the sinuses, allowing more patients to benefit from sinus dilation.

The XprESS LoProfile Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool features a small, atraumatic, ball tip that allows for gentle palpation of tight sinus passages, and is also quickly shapeable for treatment of the frontal, sphenoid, and maxillary sinuses. The device, which also provides integrated light fiber illumination, combines balloon sinus dilation, seeker modes, tip location confirmation, suction, and irrigation functions into a single less invasive tool designed for effective clinical outcomes in sinus dilation procedures.


Designed for the treatment of patients with chronic and recurrent sinusitis, the XprESS LoProfile is designed to more easily navigate tight sinus spaces and facilitate quick and easy dilation of multiple sinus drainage paths, allowing physicians to potentially treat more patients with in-office procedures or reduced operating room (OR) time. The XprESS LoProfile Multi-Sinus Dilation Tool is a product of Entellus Medical (Plymouth, MN, USA), and has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

“The reduced size of the XprESS LoProfile device makes it ideal for reliably accessing and treating the frontal and maxillary sinuses in a doctor’s office. The doctor can quickly customize the device shape to fit a patient’s anatomy, allowing the device to quickly open narrowed sinus drainage paths,” said Brian Farley, CEO of Entellus Medical. “Physicians with all levels of experience have used the XprESS LoProfile device to effectively treat sinusitis patients in well-tolerated office procedures and in conjunction with traditional endoscopic sinus surgery.”

Surgical treatment of chronic sinusitis routinely involves cutting and removal of sinus mucosal tissue near the opening of a sinus. Use of sinus balloon technology and no cutting instruments preserves the natural sinus anatomy, and enables effective treatment of sinusitis patients in the comfort and convenience of a physician’s office. In-office balloon sinus dilation is an effective alternative treatment to endoscopic sinus surgery and provides patients lasting relief at a lower cost than traditional sinus surgery.

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