SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REDUCING MUCIN HYPERSECRETION
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Aug 28, 2014
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Feb 28, 2013
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Device methods and systems for ablating a mucosal surface to treat patients with mucin hypersecretion is disclosed. An ablation device having a balloon membrane with a plurality of electrodes arranged on an external surface thereof is disclosed. The ablation device may be configured to ablate epithelial tissue of one or more target structures, such as the inner wall of a gallbladder. Each of the plurality of electrodes may be electrically coupled to a controller configured to selectively activate one or more of the plurality of electrodes at a time. The controller may activate less than all of the plurality of electrodes, thereby implementing a partial ablation procedure.
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