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Medical device for treating airways and related methods of use

  • US 9,272,132 B2
  • Filed: 10/31/2013
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device for treating tissue, the device comprising:

  • an expandable member movable between a collapsed configuration and one or more expanded configurations, the expandable member including a plurality of energy delivery elements, wherein at least some of the energy delivery elements are configured to be activated separately from a remainder of the energy delivery elements; and

    a control unit configured to receive an impedance measurement from a sensor unit or from at least one of the plurality of energy delivery elements, wherein the control unit is configured to determine a degree of expansion of the expandable member based on the impedance measurement, and wherein the control unit is configured to selectively activate the plurality of energy delivery elements based on the determined degree of expansion.

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