Methods of treating inflammation in airways
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1. A method for reducing inflammation of airway tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
- positioning an energy transfer device in an airway of the lung, the airway having a wall; and
actuating the energy transfer device multiple times as the energy transfer device is moved along the airway to transfer energy along the length of the airway wall at a plurality of treatment sites to form a repeating pattern of treated segments extending along the length of the airway wall that reduces an inflammatory response of the airway tissue, wherein actuating the energy transfer device is performed in a plurality of airways in different regions of the lung at different times such that an amount of time between treating the different regions of the lung lessens a healing load placed on the lung.
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Abstract
This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.
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1. A method for reducing inflammation of airway tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
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positioning an energy transfer device in an airway of the lung, the airway having a wall; and actuating the energy transfer device multiple times as the energy transfer device is moved along the airway to transfer energy along the length of the airway wall at a plurality of treatment sites to form a repeating pattern of treated segments extending along the length of the airway wall that reduces an inflammatory response of the airway tissue, wherein actuating the energy transfer device is performed in a plurality of airways in different regions of the lung at different times such that an amount of time between treating the different regions of the lung lessens a healing load placed on the lung. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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