Asthmatx, Inc.

Broncus Medical Inc.

Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc.

Broncus Technologies, Inc.

University of Washington

Vicis Ip, LLC

Vicis, Inc.

Gary S Kaplan

Christopher James Danek

Michael D Laufer

Bryan E Loomas

William Wizeman

Michael J Biggs

Kelly M Shriner

Thomas M Keast

Edmund J Roschak

Henky Wibowo

Cary Cole

Tim R Dalbec

Kurt Vincent Fischer

Paul C Leonard

Per G Reinhall

Travis Edward Glover

Samuel R Browd

Timothy R Dalbec

Anton Perry Alferness

Andre Hunter Paggao Stone

Huy D Phan

Noah D Webster

Don Akira Tanaka

David C Auth

James M Davenport

John Timothy Dardis, Ii

Joel D Cooper

John T Dardis

William J Wizeman

David P Thompson

Dave Haugaard

Glendon E French

William Joseph Wizeman

A garment worn by a wearer has an exterior shell and an interior shell with various impact absorbing material between the exterior shell and the interior shell. The impact absorbing material includes multiple structures, such as rods or filaments, capable of deforming when force is applied then returning to its state prior to application of the force. In various embodiments, a rate sensitive material (RSM) is positioned in one or more locations relative to the exterior shell and the interior shell of the garment to further attenuate impacts to the garment. The RSM changes its resistance to force based on a rate at which the material is loaded.

Layered materials and structures for enhanced impact absorption

Control systems and methods for delivery of energy that may include control algorithms that prevent energy delivery if a fault is detected and may provide energy delivery to produce a substantially constant temperature at a delivery site. In some embodiments, the control systems and methods may be used to control the delivery of energy, such as radiofrequency energy, to body tissue, such as lung tissue.

Control methods and devices for energy delivery

Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall are provided herein.

Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or treating medical conditions through an opening through an airway wall

This relates to treating airways in a lung to decrease asthmatic symptoms. The also includes steps of measuring a parameter of an airway at a plurality of locations in a lung, identifying at least one treatment site from at least one of the plurality of locations based on the parameter, and applying energy to the treatment site to reduce the ability of the site to narrow.

Methods for treating airways

This relates to methods and devices for achieving contact between the wall of a cavity or passageway and a medical device when used in tortuous anatomy.

Energy delivery devices and methods

Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall. A passageway is created extending from the airway to the target tissue. The passageway provides local access to the target tissue for treatment instruments and for delivering agents.

Growing community of inventors

Mountain View, CA, United States of America

Gary S Kaplan