Methods of reducing mucus in airways

Abstract

This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.

1 . A method for reducing mucus production in an airway of a lung, the method comprising:
 providing an energy transfer device;   transferring energy from the energy transfer device to or from airway tissue in an airway wall of a lung to reduce the ability of the airway tissue to secrete mucus.   
     
     
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