Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lung volume reduction method
-
Application No.: US14463607Application Date: 2014-08-19
-
Publication No.: US10085790B2Publication Date: 2018-10-02
- Inventor: Suguru Hata , Ayaka Akutagawa
- Applicant: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Priority: JP2013-169944 20130819
- Main IPC: A61B18/04
- IPC: A61B18/04 ; A61B18/02 ; A61B18/00
Abstract:
A treatment method is provided which exhibits a reliable therapeutic effect on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In the treatment method, lung volume is reduced by restraining expansion and contraction of lung parenchyma present in the vicinity of a verge of a lung having an emphysema-suffering part, at least in one site of the verge.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150051596A1 LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION METHOD Public/Granted day:2015-02-19
Information query
