17-05-2018 дата публикации
Номер: US20180133475A1
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A method of reducing bronchial constriction in a subject includes delivering energy to create one or more lesions on a main bronchus so as to transect pulmonary nerves sufficiently to reduce bronchial constriction in a lung of the patient distal to the main bronchus. 1delivering energy so as to damage pulmonary nerves located along an airway in the subject sufficiently to reduce bronchial constriction in a lung of the patient; andpreventing re-innervation of the pulmonary nerves.. A method of reducing bronchial constriction in a subject, comprising: This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 15/401,825 filed Jan. 9, 2017, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/841,836 filed Sep. 1, 2015, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,539,048 issued Jan. 10, 2017, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 14/265,443 filed Apr. 30, 2014, now U.S. Pat. No. 9,125,643 issued Sep. 8, 2015, which in turn is a continuation of application Ser. No. 13/920,801 filed Jun. 18, 2013, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,731,672 issued May 20, 2014, which in turn is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/523,223 filed Jun. 14, 2012, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,489,192 issued Jul. 16, 2013, which in turn is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/372,607 filed Feb. 17, 2009, now U.S. Pat. No. 8,483,831 issued Jul. 9, 2013, which in turn claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/066,026 filed Feb. 15, 2008, and U.S. Provisional Application No. 61/049,605 filed May 1, 2008, each of which is hereby fully incorporated herein.This document pertains generally to medical devices, and more particularly, but not by way of limitation, to systems and methods for bronchial stimulation.Obstructive pulmonary disease, including asthma, emphysema, or chronic bronchitis, afflicts more than 25 million individuals in the United States and accounted for over 17 million physician office visits in the mid 1990's. Current estimates for the total cost of these ...
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