RheOx is a device-based, energy delivery system that delivers high frequency short duration energy to the airway epithelium and sub-mucosal tissue layers. The energy is delivered via a proprietary catheter through the bronchoscope.
Two sessions of treatment will be delivered one month apart. The right lung is treated at the first treatment session and the left lung is treated at the second treatment session (approximately one month after the right side is treated). Treatment will be delivered by a respiratory physician (interventional pulmonologist) in a tertiary teaching hospital during a bronchoscopic procedure. The bronchoscopy will be delivered during general anaesthesia. It is anticipated that the bronchoscopic procedure will last less than 60 minutes in total. Treatment will be deemed to have been delivered following the successful treatment during the two bronchoscopies.
Subjects will be required to submit to several tests and questionnaires during the study including respiratory function tests.
Age
Any age
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Not accepted
You may be eligible if
Patient has moderate to severe Chronic Bronchitis
You may not be if
Patient has an implantable cardioverter defibrillator, pacemaker, or any other implantable electronic device.
Patient has history of ventricular tachyarrhythmia or any clinically significant atrial tachyarrhythmia (i.e., abnormality with vital signs) and/or history of type II second or third degree AV block.
Patient has airway stent(s), valves, coils, or other lung implant/prosthesis.
