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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2007
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2003
Christopher James Danek, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kelly Shriner, Arlington, MA (US);
Christopher James Danek, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Kaplan, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kelly Shriner, Arlington, MA (US);
Asthmatx, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.