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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2017
Applicant:
Nuvaira, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Inventors:
Edwin J. Hlavka, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lynn Elliott, Maple Grove, MN (US);
Assignee:
Nuvaira, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3611 (2013.01); A61B 5/08 (2013.01); A61B 5/0823 (2013.01); A61B 5/4836 (2013.01); A61B 5/686 (2013.01); A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/12 (2013.01); A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00434 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of reducing bronchial constriction in a subject includes delivering energy to create one or more lesions on a main bronchus so as to transect pulmonary nerves sufficiently to reduce bronchial constriction in a lung of the patient distal to the main bronchus.