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Methods for treating airways

  • US 9,358,024 B2
  • Filed: 05/14/2013
  • Issued: 06/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of treating an airway of a lung having at least one symptom of obstructive pulmonary disease, the method comprising:

  • delivering radiofrequency energy from a treatment device to damage an airway wall of the airway, the treatment device including an expandable balloon having only one radiofrequency electrode disposed on an outer surface of the balloon, wherein the only one radiofrequency electrode extends around the outer surface of the balloon for less than an entirety of a circumference of the outer surface of the balloon; and

    using fluid to cool tissue of the airway that is proximal, distal, or circumferentially adjacent to the airway wall.

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