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Method for ablating turbinates

  • US 5,746,224 A
  • Filed: 11/19/1996
  • Issued: 05/05/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for reducing the size of a nasal concha comprisingdelivering ablative energy through a surface of the nasal concha into an interior of the nasal concha without introducing an element into the interior of the nasal concha to ablate a portion of the interior of the nasal concha;

  • andremoving the ablated interior portion of the nasal concha by natural absorption of ablated tissue by the patient'"'"'s body.

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