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Method for treatment of air way obstructions

  • US 6,152,143 A
  • Filed: 04/03/1998
  • Issued: 11/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/09/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for creating cell necrosis in an interior of the tongue, comprising:

  • providing a cell necrosis apparatus including an energy delivery device configured to be coupled to an energy source;

    introducing at least one energy delivery device through an undersurface of the tongue into the interior of the tongue;

    delivering a sufficient amount of energy from the energy delivery device into the interior of the tongue to create a cell necrosis region in the interior of the tongue without permanently damaging a main branch of the hypoglossal nerve; and

    removing the energy delivery device from the interior of the tongue.

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