Systems, assemblies, and methods for treating a bronchial tree
First Claim
1. A method of treating a subject comprising:
- delivering energy so as to damage a nerve trunk extending along an exterior surface of a wall of a first airway of the subject such that airway resistance in a second airway distal to the first airway is reduced.
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Abstract
Systems, assemblies, and methods to treat pulmonary diseases are used to decrease nervous system input to distal regions of the bronchial tree within the lungs. Treatment systems damage nerve tissue to temporarily or permanently decrease nervous system input. The treatment systems are capable of heating nerve tissue, cooling the nerve tissue, delivering a flowable substance that cause trauma to the nerve tissue, puncturing the nerve tissue, tearing the nerve tissue, cutting the nerve tissue, applying pressure to the nerve tissue, applying ultrasound to the nerve tissue, applying ionizing radiation to the nerve tissue, disrupting cell membranes of nerve tissue with electrical energy, or delivering long acting nerve blocking chemicals to the nerve tissue.
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1. A method of treating a subject comprising:
delivering energy so as to damage a nerve trunk extending along an exterior surface of a wall of a first airway of the subject such that airway resistance in a second airway distal to the first airway is reduced. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of treating a subject comprising:
delivering energy from a treatment device in a first airway of the subject to damage nerve tissue along the first airway sufficiently to reduce airway resistance in a second airway distal to the first airway without delivering energy from the treatment device in the second airway. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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