Michael M. Selzer,Mark C. Johnson,Erik N.K. Cressman
申请号：
US13299135
公开号：
US20120215212A1
申请日:
2011.11.17
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2012
代理人:
摘要：
A thermochemical ablation system can be used to ablate a portion of a bodily structure, such as a human airway. In some examples, the thermochemical ablation system includes a first ablation reagent, a second ablation reagent, and an expandable balloon positioned adjacent the distal end of a catheter. The expandable balloon can be inserted into the bodily structure and the two ablation reagents combined to cause an exothermic reaction that generates heat. The heat may create a substantially uniform temperature distribution across the surface of the expandable balloon, providing substantially uniform ablation of tissue adjacent the balloon.
