Patent ID: 8961507
Filing Date: 2015-02-24
Classification: A61B,A61N

Abstract:
1. A method for decreasing resistance to airflow within a bronchial tree of a subject, the method comprising: moving an intraluminal device along a lumen of an airway of the bronchial tree, the intraluminal device comprising an expandable member and an energy emitter; expanding the expandable member to position the energy emitter proximate to or in contact with an airway wall of a first portion of the airway; and damaging nerves along the first portion of the airway using the energy emitter of the intraluminal device so as to impede nervous system signals transmitted along the airway from traveling past the damaged first portion to or from at higher generation airway without irreversibly damaging an inner surface of the airway wall disposed radially between the intraluminal device and the nerves.