Surgery – Miscellaneous – Methods
Patent
1998-04-03
2000-11-28
Milliw, V.
Surgery
Miscellaneous
Methods
604 22, A61B 1900
Patent
active
061521434
ABSTRACT:
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.
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Milliw V.
O'Hara Kelly
Somnus Medical Technologies Inc.
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