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US 2006/0235373 A1Published application
Intraluminal heat treatment of a lumen combined with cooling of tissue proximate the lumen
AssigneeAsah Medico A/S
InventorsOlav Balle-Petersen, Dennis Hansen, Bjarne Asah
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Abstract
An apparatus for intraluminal energy treatment and method thereof includes an energy source for insertion into a lumen of a body and having an output end for energy-emission within the lumen and a cooling device with a cooling member adapted to be positioned on the skin surface proximate the lumen along a part of the lumen to be treated for cooling tissue proximate that part of the lumen.
Claims14
A method for intraluminal energy treatment of a patient, comprising:
- locating a part of a lumen to be treated;
- positioning a cooling member on the skin surface proximate the lumen along a part of the lumen to be treated for cooling tissue proximate the part of the lumen;
- inserting an energy-emitting member into the lumen;
- and
- moving the energy-emitting member along the longitudinal extension of the part of the lumen to be treated for heating of the lumen wall by energy emission.
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An apparatus for intraluminal energy treatment, comprising:
- an energy source for insertion into a lumen of a body and having an output end for energy-emission within the lumen;
- and
- a cooling device with a cooling member adapted to be positioned on the skin surface proximate the lumen along a part of the lumen to be treated for cooling tissue proximate that part of the lumen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.