METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TREATMENT OF AIR WAY OBSTRUCTIONS
摘要
A method for reducing a volume of a tongue includes providing an ablation apparatus with an energy delivery device configured to be coupled to an energy source. The energy delivery device is positioned in an interior of the tongue. A sufficient amount of energy is delivered from the energy delivery device in the interior of the tongue to ablate a section of the tongue without damaging the main branches of the hypoglossal nerve. The energy delivery device is thereafter removed from the interior of the tongue.
申请公布号
WO9903411(A1)
申请公布日期
1999.01.28
申请号
WO1998US10747
申请日期
1998.05.27
申请人
SOMNUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.;LAX, RONALD, G.;EDWARDS, STUART, D.