Turbinate Handpiece

Turbinate
Turbinate Handpiece
The Olympus Somnoplasty turbinate handpiece is designed to create predictable lesions in the inferior turbinates using temperature-controlled radio-frequency (TCRF) technology.
Key Benefits
- For local injection, inject 1.5 – 3.0 mL per turbinate. Inject enough to "balloon out" the tissue submucosally.
- Place electrode submucosally until 2 mm of the insulation is buried.
Patient Selection
- Patients with nasal congestion and rhinorrhea associated with inferior turbinate hypertrophy who note favorable improvement in obstruction after a nasal decongestant spray test.
- Patients with nasal congestion due to a mildly deviated septum and nasal turbinate hypertrophy.
- The sleep apnea patient who notes difficulty wearing a nasal CPAP mask because of increased nasal resistance.
- Patients requiring a septoplasty, rhinoplasty, or functional endoscopic sinus surgery who also have turbinate hypertrophy.
- Patients requiring adjunctive treatment for rhinitis medicamentosa (RM).
Specs
Control Unit Settings
Joules: 350 – 500
Temperature: 80°
Watts: 15