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US 10,206,741 B2Granted
Systems, apparatuses, and methods for treating tissue and controlling stenosis
AssigneeNuvaira, Inc.
InventorsSteven C. Dimmer, Martin L. Mayse, Mark E. Deem, Hanson S. Gifford, III
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Abstract
Systems, delivery devices, and methods to treat to ablate, damage, or otherwise affect tissue. The treatment systems are capable of delivering a coolable ablation assembly that ablates targeted tissue without damaging non-targeted tissue. The coolable ablation assembly damages nerve tissue to temporarily or permanently decrease nervous system input. The system, delivery devices, and methods can damage tissue and manage scarring and stenosis.
Claims20
An energy delivery device for treating an airway of a subject, comprising:
- a catheter shaft;
- and an ablation assembly coupled to the catheter shaft and including
- a cooling element movable from a collapsed state to an expanded state, and
- an intercartilaginous energy emitter assembly including a plurality of electrodes circumferentially offset from one another about a longitudinal axis of the ablation assembly, the electrodes being configured to independently deliver energy to a plurality of discrete target regions of an airway of the subject
- wherein the energy emitter and the cooling element are configured to cooperate to form intercartilaginous lesions which are spaced apart from surface tissue of the airway and positioned between cartilaginous rings of the airway, wherein a first electrode of the plurality of electrodes is configured to deliver energy to a first target region at a first power level to form a first intercartilaginous lesion, and wherein a second electrode of the of the plurality of electrodes is configured to deliver energy to a second target region at a second power level less than the first power level to form a second intercartilaginous lesion.
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An intraluminal delivery device, comprising:
- an ablation assembly including an expandable device and a plurality of electrodes, the electrodes being spaced apart about a circumference of the expandable member and capable of outputting energy to discrete target regions of mammalian tissue to form lesions at the target regions, and wherein at least a portion of a first lesion is axially spaced apart from and circumferentially adjacent to or overlapping a second lesion,
- wherein a first electrode is configured to output energy to a first target region at a first power level to form the first lesion, and a second electrode is configured to output energy to a second target region at a second power level less than the first power level to form the second lesion, and
- wherein at least one electrode is coupled to a cooling channel through which fluid is capable of flowing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.