METHODS AND DEVICES FOR DIAGNOSING, MONITORING, OR TREATING MEDICAL CONDITIONS THROUGH AN OPENING THROUGH AN AIRWAY WALL

摘要

Methods and devices for diagnosing, monitoring, and/or treating tissue through an opening or port through an airway wall are provided herein.

主权项

1. A method of accessing and treating a target tissue in a lung, the method comprising:
creating an opening through the airway wall at the target site with a hole-making instrument, the opening leading to the target tissue; tunneling from the opening in the airway wall to the target tissue by advancing an elongate instrument and a dissector positioned therein from the opening to the target tissue; removing the dissector from the elongate instrument such that the elongate instrument defines an access channel to the target tissue; and treating the target tissue through the access channel defined by the previously positioned elongate instrument leading to the target tissue.