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Method for causing a stricture of a body passageway

  • US 6,156,032 A
  • Filed: 09/30/1998
  • Issued: 12/05/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for causing a stricture of a body passageway, comprising the steps ofinserting an energy-delivering probe into a body passageway, the body passageway defined by an internal tubular wall and adjacent tissue surrounding the wall;

  • andapplying energy along a radial segment of the wall using said probe, thereby causing injury to the wall, hyperplasia of tissue adjacent the wall, and stricture of the body passageway.

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