Method for treating a lung

An embodiment of the disclosure includes a method for treating a lung. The method may include inserting a cooling element into an airway of the lung; and damaging tissue disposed radially outward of surface tissue defining the airway via the cooling element.

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Hauptverfasser:	Keast, Thomas M, Loomas, Bryan E, Danek, Christopher J
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS ELECTROTHERAPY FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES RADIATION THERAPY SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	An embodiment of the disclosure includes a method for treating a lung. The method may include inserting a cooling element into an airway of the lung; and damaging tissue disposed radially outward of surface tissue defining the airway via the cooling element.