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SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATING COPD AND EMPHYSEMA

  • US 20160184013A1
  • Filed: 12/28/2015
  • Published: 06/30/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving image data of a patient;

    identifying one or more locations within the image data depicting symptoms of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);

    analyzing the airways and vasculature proximate the identified locations;

    planning a pathway to the one or more locations;

    navigating an extended working channel to one of the locations;

    positioning a microwave ablation catheter proximate the location;

    energizing the microwave ablation catheter to treat the locations depicting symptoms of COPD.

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