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NEUROMODULATORY METHODS FOR TREATING PULMONARY DISORDERS

  • US 20090155336A1
  • Filed: 12/11/2008
  • Published: 06/18/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating a pulmonary disorder in a subject, said method comprising the steps of:

  • inserting a therapy delivery device into a vessel of the subject;

    advancing the therapy delivery device to a point substantially adjacent an intraluminal target site of the autonomic nervous system (ANS); and

    activating the therapy delivery device to delivery a therapy signal to the intraluminal target site of the ANS to treat the pulmonary disorder;

    wherein the intraluminal target site is in electrical communication with nervous tissue selected from the group consisting of a spinal nerve, a postganglionic fiber of a spinal nerve, a sympathetic chain ganglion, a thoracic sympathetic chain ganglion, a cervical ganglion, a lower cervical ganglion, an inferior cervical ganglion, an intramural ganglion, a splanchnic nerve, an esophageal plexus, a cardiac plexus, a pulmonary plexus, an anterior pulmonary plexus, a posterior pulmonary plexus, a celiac plexus, a hypogastric plexus, an inferior mesenteric ganglion, a celiac ganglion, and a superior mesenteric ganglion.

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