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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Inventors:
Zhongping Yang, Woodbury, MN (US);
Randal C. Schulhauser, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Nicolas Coulombe, Anjou, CA;
Jean-Pierre Lalonde, Candiac, CA;
Anthony Rorvick, Champlin, MN (US);
Assignee:
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00255 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00994 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0212 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of treating or preventing acute respiratory distress syndromes (ARDS) includes advancing a cryogenic treatment element into a target bronchus of a mammal and exchanging cryogenic energy between the target bronchus and the cryogenic treatment element for a predetermined period of time until a target temperature of the target bronchus is reached to cause neuropraxia of nerves within the target bronchus.