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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2012
Noah Webster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Dalbec, Saratoga, CA (US);
Huy Phan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Wizeman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Evans, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Presta, San Mateo, CA (US);
Noah Webster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Timothy Dalbec, Saratoga, CA (US);
Huy Phan, Santa Clara, CA (US);
William Wizeman, Menlo Park, CA (US);
William Evans, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Presta, San Mateo, CA (US);
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for delivering energy to passageways in a patient, such as airways in the lung of a patient for treating asthma. One embodiment of a method for delivering energy to a passageway comprises positioning an access device in a lung airway of a patient and advancing an elongated body of a treatment device along the access device until an energy delivery unit at a distal portion of the elongated body projects from the access device. The method can further include expanding the energy delivery unit such that energy delivery elements contact a sidewall of the airway and activating an energy supply coupled to the treatment device such that energy is delivered to the sidewall of the airway. A single person physically operates both the access device and the treatment device while expanding the energy delivery unit and activating the energy supply.