Methods and apparatus for treatment of body tissue
OwnerRinda Samainventor
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Abstract
A method for treating an undesirable human esophageal condition includes inserting an elongate treatment device including a distal portion into a nostril of an awake subject, the distal portion including an expandable energy delivery site having a low-profile configuration and an expanded configuration, advancing the distal portion of the device into the esophagus of the subject via the pharynx, expanding the expandable energy delivery site toward the expanded configuration at or in proximity to a target location at an inner wall of the esophagus of the subject, and delivering energy toward the target location with the expandable energy delivery site.
Claims31
1-74. (canceled)
A method for treating an undesirable human esophageal condition, comprising:
- inserting an elongate treatment device comprising a distal portion into a nostril of an awake subject, the distal portion comprising an expandable energy delivery site having a low-profile configuration and an expanded configuration;
- advancing the distal portion of the device into the esophagus of the subject via the pharynx;
- expanding the expandable energy delivery site toward the expanded configuration at or in proximity to a target location at an inner wall of the esophagus of the subject;
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- delivering energy toward the target location with the expandable energy delivery site.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.