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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1999
Christopher James Danek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith M. Burger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dave Haugaard, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Keast, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Arthur Ross, Tracy, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Christopher James Danek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Saratoga, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith M. Burger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dave Haugaard, San Jose, CA (US);
Thomas Keast, Mountain View, CA (US);
John Arthur Ross, Tracy, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Asthmatx, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
This relates to a device for treating lung disease, and more particularly, relates to a device for exchanging energy with airway tissue such as that found in the airways of human lungs. The exchange of energy with this airway tissue in the airways reduces the ability of the airways to constrict and/or reduces the resistance within the airway to the flow of air through the airway.