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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2013
Applicant:
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Inventor:
Paul M. Scopton, Winchester, MA (US);
Assignee:
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 29/02 (2013.01); A61M 25/0102 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/104 (2013.01); A61M 25/0045 (2013.01); A61M 25/0169 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0063 (2013.01); A61M 2025/018 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0177 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0183 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0681 (2013.01);
Abstract
Described is a method for treating a bronchial tissue. A guide wire is inserted through a bronchial passage to a desired location relative to a target portion of tissue to be treated. A catheter is slid along the guide wire with the guide wire received in a first lumen of the catheter until the guide wire exits a proximal port of the first lumen. A stiffening member is inserted into a second lumen of the catheter. A fluid is injected through the second lumen to a distal port of the catheter, so that the fluid is supplied to the bronchial tissue.