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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Uptake Medical Technology Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Erik Henne, Seattle, WA (US);
Robert L. Barry, Kirkland, WA (US);
Thomas M. Keast, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
Uptake Medical Technology Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/12104 (2013.01); A61B 17/12136 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00557 (2013.01); A61B 2017/242 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00625 (2013.01);
Abstract
A treatment of obstructive lung disease includes aiming a condensable vapor towards the airway wall, causing a band-shaped lesion to grow to a depth into the airway wall. Ablation parameters are set to control the depth of the band-shaped lesion to encompass the epithelial layer and exclude the smooth muscle layer of the airway. A wide variety of configurations of the vapor delivery are described to create ablation patterns in the airways of the patient with particular emphasis on treating chronic bronchitis.