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Method for ablating interior sections of the tongue

  • US 5,800,379 A
  • Filed: 08/12/1996
  • Issued: 09/01/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for reducing a volume of a tongue, comprising:

  • providing an ablation apparatus including a source of ablation energy and an ablation energy delivery device;

    advancing at least a portion of the ablation energy delivery device into an interior of the tongue;

    delivering a sufficient amount of energy from the energy delivery device into the interior of the tongue to debulk a section of the tongue without permanently damaging a main branch of a hypoglossal nerve; and

    retracting the ablation energy delivery device from the interior of the tongue.

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