| abstract |
A system comprising: a) a primary catheter, wherein said primary catheter comprises a primary lumen; b) a channel catheter, where said channel catheter is configured to fit within said primary lumen, and where said channel catheter comprises a channel lumen, where said channel catheter is constructed of a braided material, where said channel catheter comprises channel is flexible, and where said channel catheter is of sufficient length to extend to a treatment site in a peripheral lung of a human subject from the mouth of said human subject and through the trachea of said human subject, c) a catheter steerable navigation catheter, wherein said steerable navigation catheter is configured to fit within said channel lumen, and wherein said steerable navigation catheter comprises a steerable tip and a position sensing element, said steerable navigation catheter having a sufficient length to extend to a treatment site in a peripheral lung of a human subject from the mouth of said human subject and through u na trachea of said human subject, and d) a microwave energy delivery device (100, 800, 1400, 1600, 1700) configured to fit within said channel lumen, wherein the microwave energy delivery device has a sufficient length to extend from the oral cavity of a human subject, through the trachea of the human subject, and to a peripheral lung of the human subject, the microwave energy delivery device has a diameter of 2 mm or less, the device of Microwave power supply is flexible, the microwave power supply device comprises an inner conductor, an outer conductor, and a stylet tip, the inner conductor comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the outer conductor comprises a proximal end and a distal end, the tip of the stylet is added to the distal end of the microwave energy delivery device, the conductor comprises a cooling channel In order to circulate a refrigerant, the microwave energy supply device comprises a temperature sensor and the microwave energy supply device is formed so that the refrigerant can circulate through the proximal end of the inner conductor, through the inner conductor cooling channel, outside the distal end of the inner conductor, through a region between the distal end of the inner conductor and the distal end of the outer conductor, through an inner space that is created within the outer conductor, and it extends from the distal side of the outer conductor to the proximal side of the outer conductor, and through a region between the proximal end of the inner conductor and the proximal end of the outer conductor. |