| 摘要 |
<p>Systems and methods for dilation of a body lumen, using an expandable dilatation catheter (34) to simultaneously heat and apply pressure to tissue of the lumen and to expand and dilate the lumen including means constructed to produce and/or detect physiological response of the heated tissue to applied pressure. The catheter (34) has an inflatable balloon (8) at the end of catheter shaft (10) and heating contacts (22 and 24). Module (54) controls the catheter apparatus.</p> |
