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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 1998
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Stuart D Edwards, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Assignee:
Sommus Medical Technologies, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 22 ;
Abstract
A method for reducing a volume of a tongue provides an ablative agent source. The ablative agent source is coupled to an ablative agent delivery device. At least a portion of the ablative agent delivery device is advanced into an interior of the tongue. A sufficient amount of an ablative agent is delivered from the ablative agent delivery device into the interior of the tongue to debulk a section of the tongue without damaging a hypoglossal nerve. Thereafter, the ablative agent delivery device is retracted from the interior of the tongue.
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