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US 11,849,994 B2Granted
Apparatuses and methods for injuring nerve tissue
AssigneeNuvaira, Inc.
InventorsMartin L. Mayse, Mark E. Deem
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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 energy to nerve tissue in a target region such that at least a portion of the nerve tissue is replaced by scar tissue or otherwise altered to inhibit reinnervation in the target region.
Claims9
A method of treating a subject, comprising:
- positioning an energy delivery device in a lumen of an airway of the subject;
- and
- intraluminally delivering energy from the energy delivery device to nerve tissue positioned along the airway of a bronchial tree to injure the nerve tissue and decrease airway resistance of a distal portion of the bronchial tree from a first airway resistance to a second airway resistance, wherein the injury to the nerve tissue initially forms a lesion which is replaced by sufficient scar tissue to substantially prevent reinnervation of the nerve tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.