METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DIAGNOSING, MONITORING, OR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH AN OPENING THROUGH AN AIRWAY WALL
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1. A method of accessing target tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
- locating a target site on an airway wall, wherein the target site is in a location that allows for creation of an opening leading to the target tissue and for advancement of an elongate instrument through the opening to the target tissue.
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Abstract
Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall are provided herein.
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1. A method of accessing target tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
locating a target site on an airway wall, wherein the target site is in a location that allows for creation of an opening leading to the target tissue and for advancement of an elongate instrument through the opening to the target tissue. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of accessing target tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
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advancing an elongate instrument to a target site in an airway of the lung; creating an opening through the airway wall at the target site, the opening leading to the target tissue; advancing the elongate instrument through the opening to the target tissue. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method of accessing target tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
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selecting a target site in an airway of the lung wherein the target site is in a location that allows for creation of an opening through the airway wall, the opening leading to the target tissue, and wherein the target site is in a location that allows for advancement of an elongate instrument through the opening to the target tissue along a substantially straight path; advancing an elongate instrument to a target site in an airway of the lung; creating an opening through the airway wall at the target site, the opening leading to the target tissue; advancing the elongate instrument and a blunt tipped dissecting catheter positioned within the elongate instrument through the opening and to the target tissue; leaving the elongate instrument in place to provide access to the target tissue for performing monitoring, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26)
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27. A system for accessing target tissue in a lung comprising:
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a piercing member configured to create an opening through an airway wall at a target site on the airway wall, the opening leading to the target tissue; a dissecting catheter configured for advancement through the opening and for creating a channel through the lung to the target tissue; and an elongate instrument configured for advancement through the opening and the channel to the target tissue, wherein the elongate instrument is configured to provide access to the target tissue for performing monitoring, diagnostic or therapeutic procedures.
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