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Method for internal ablation of turbinates

  • US 5,823,197 A
  • Filed: 01/29/1997
  • Issued: 10/20/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/24/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for ablating at least a portion of a nasal concha comprising:

  • taking a catheter having a distal portion with a length operable for positioning through a nostril of a patient into a nasal meatus adjacent a nasal concha and an energy delivery device coupled to the catheter distal portion including one or more energy delivering probes;

    positioning the catheter distal portion through a nostril of a patient into a nasal meatus adjacent a surface of a nasal concha;

    introducing the one or more energy delivering probes into an interior of the nasal concha; and

    delivering sufficient ablative energy into the interior of the nasal concha to ablate at least a portion of the nasal concha.

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