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Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, or treating medical conditions through an opening through an airway wall

  • US 9,421,070 B2
  • Filed: 12/18/2014
  • Issued: 08/23/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of locating a target tissue in the lung, and performing a minimally invasive procedure on the target tissue, the method comprising:

  • approaching with a flexible elongate member a target tissue in the lung through one or more airways;

    creating multiple ports through a wall of the one or more airways in the vicinity of the target tissue;

    advancing at least one device through each of the ports; and

    determining a position to perform said minimally invasive procedure wherein said determining step is based on triangulation.

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