Minimally invasive lung volume reduction devices, methods, and systems
US8668707B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 14, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 20, 2032 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2205/32
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A lung volume reduction system is disclosed comprising an implantable device adapted to be delivered to a lung airway of a patient in a delivery configuration and to change to a deployed configuration to bend the lung airway. The invention also discloses a method of bending a lung airway of a patient comprising inserting a device into the airway in a delivery configuration and bending the device into a deployed configuration, thereby bending the airway.
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