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Methods for treating airways

  • US 8,251,070 B2
  • Filed: 04/04/2006
  • Issued: 08/28/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. In a patient diagnosed with asthma, a method of treating airways in a lung of the patient to decrease symptoms of the asthma, the method comprising:

  • stimulating an airway in the lung;

    after stimulating the airway, measuring a parameter of the airway at a plurality of locations in the lung;

    identifying a plurality of treatment sites from the plurality of locations based on the measured parameter at the plurality of locations;

    inserting an instrument into the lung; and

    applying thermal energy to the identified treatment sites via the instrument to reduce the resistance to airflow at the identified treatment sites.

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