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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 07, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Applicant:
Asthmatx, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Inventors:
Christopher James Danek, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michael Biggs, Denver, CO (US);
Bryan E. Loomas, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Michael D. Laufer, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Gary Kaplan, Mountain View, CA (US);
Kelly M. Shriner, Arlington, MA (US);
Assignee:
Asthmatx, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 18/18 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/22 (2006.01); A61B 18/08 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61N 5/06 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2013.01); A61B 18/18 (2013.01); A61B 17/22004 (2013.01); A61B 18/08 (2013.01); A61B 18/14 (2013.01); A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61B 2017/003 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00115 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00292 (2013.01); A61B 2017/22062 (2013.01); A61B 2017/242 (2013.01); A61B 2018/0022 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00083 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00214 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00267 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00654 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00666 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00678 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00761 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00791 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00797 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00803 (2013.01); A61B 2018/044 (2013.01); A61B 2018/046 (2013.01); A61B 2018/1807 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5217 (2013.01); A61M 25/0043 (2013.01); A61M 29/00 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0096 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1039 (2013.01); A61N 1/3601 (2013.01); A61N 5/0601 (2013.01);
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.