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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2012
Christopher James Danek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith M. Burger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thomas Keast, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dave Haugaard, San Jose, CA (US);
Christopher James Danek, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, San Francisco, CA (US);
Keith M. Burger, San Francisco, CA (US);
Bryan Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Thomas Keast, Mountain View, CA (US);
Dave Haugaard, San Jose, CA (US);
Asthmatx, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and devices for treating reversible chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are disclosed, which include a device for delivering energy to a wall of an airway in a human lung. The device includes a flexible elongate body with a proximal portion, a distal portion, a distal end, and a lumen extending therebetween. The device also includes a deployment member having an electrically conducting wire extending from the proximal portion of the elongate body and extending through the lumen and terminating at a distal tip distal to the distal end of the elongate body. The device further includes an expandable basket having a plurality of curved electrode legs and a temperature sensing element coupled to the expandable basket.