Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bronchoscopic repair of air leaks in a lung
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Application No.: US13005444Application Date: 2011-01-12
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Publication No.: US08444690B2Publication Date: 2013-05-21
- Inventor: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez , Steven C Springmeyer , William A. Sirokman
- Applicant: Hugo Xavier Gonzalez , Steven C Springmeyer , William A. Sirokman
- Applicant Address: US WA Redmond
- Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Spiration, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WA Redmond
- Agency: Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear LLP
- Main IPC: A61F2/20
- IPC: A61F2/20

Abstract:
Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.
Public/Granted literature
- US20110208228A1 BRONCHOSCOPIC REPAIR OF AIR LEAKS IN A LUNG Public/Granted day:2011-08-25
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