Devices and methods for mucosal surface remodeling
AssigneeAerin Medical Inc.
InventorScott J. Wolf
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Abstract
Systems and methods are provided for treating tissue in a nasal airway. In some embodiments, a method of resurfacing a mucosal layer is provided that includes applying a stimulus to an existing mucosal tissue to a predetermined depth, the predetermined depth being a depth within a mucosal layer. The stimulus treats the existing mucosal tissue along the predetermined depth to cause replacement of the existing mucosal tissue with healthy mucosal tissue, thereby resurfacing a surface of the mucosal layer.
Claims20
A method of resurfacing a mucosal layer, the method comprising:
- applying a stimulus to an existing mucosal tissue to a predetermined depth, the predetermined depth being a depth within a mucosal layer,
- wherein the stimulus treats the existing mucosal tissue along the predetermined depth to cause replacement of the existing mucosal tissue with new mucosal tissue, thereby resurfacing a surface of the mucosal layer.
A method of resurfacing a mucosal layer, the method comprising:
- advancing a treatment device into a nasal cavity;
- controlling, with a control system, a depth and amount of a stimulus being applied to mucosal tissue in the nasal cavity;
- applying the stimulus with the treatment device to the mucosal tissue to a depth selected by the control system, wherein the depth is selected allow the stimulus to treat the mucosal tissue to resurface a surface of the mucosal tissue;
- and
- removing the treatment device from the nasal cavity.
A method of resurfacing a mucosal layer, the method comprising:
- advancing a treatment device into a nasal cavity, the treatment device comprising:
- a treatment element having one or more ports for delivering a stimulus in the form of a cryoablation spray;
- a stimulus supply in fluid communication with the one or more ports of the treatment element,
- a control system configured to control an amount of stimulus delivered from the treatment element;
- applying power, with a power supply, to drive an amount of the stimulus from the stimulus supply to the treatment element to apply the stimulus to treat existing mucosal tissue along a predetermined depth, the predetermined depth being a depth within a mucosal layer,
- wherein the predetermined depth is selected to allow the stimulus treat the existing mucosal tissue along the predetermined depth to cause replacement of the existing mucosal tissue with healthy mucosal tissue, thereby resurfacing a surface of the mucosal layer;
- and
- removing the treatment device from the nasal cavity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.