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Visceral pleura ring connector

US7931641B2 · kind B2 · utility

19Cited by

178References

23Claims

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Assignee

Portaero, Inc. · US

Inventors

Asia Chang · Pasadena, US
Attila Meretei · Fremont, US
Alex Nedvetsky · Dublin, US
Don Tanaka · Saratoga, US

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 21, 2008
Grant date	Apr 26, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 2, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61M2210/1039
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A visceral pleura ring connector that may be utilized to anchor and seal the visceral pleura to a conduit or other device entering the lung from a non-native airway. The visceral pleura ring connector may be positioned around the visceral pleura and an insertion device and seal them together without having to make any holes in the pleura. The visceral pleura ring connector may be utilized with a pulmonary pleural stabilizer to hold the visceral pleura of the lung during surgical procedures involving accessing the lung or lungs of a patient directly through the lung and not the native airways.

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