METHODS FOR TREATING AIRWAYS

• US 20190216529A1
• Filed: 03/26/2019
• Published: 07/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Asthmatx Co.
• Original Assignee: Boston Scientific Scimed (Boston Scientific Corporation)
• Inventors: DANEK, Christopher J., BIGGS, Michael, LOOMAS, Bryan E., LAUFER, Michaei D., KAPLAN, Gary S., SHRINER, Kelly M., WIZEMAN, William
• Granted Patent: US 10,561,458 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
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Abstract

This relates to treating airways in a lung to decrease asthmatic symptoms. The also includes steps of measuring a parameter of an airway at a plurality of locations in a lung, identifying at least one treatment site from at least one of the plurality of locations based on the parameter, and applying energy to the treatment site to reduce the ability of the site to narrow.

Claims

1. A method of treating airways in a lung to decrease asthmatic symptoms of the lung, the method comprising:

measuring a parameter of an airway at a plurality of locations in a lung;

identifying at least one treatment site from at least one of the plurality of locations based on the parameter; and

applying energy to the treatment site to reduce the ability of the site to narrow.

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