INTRA-BRONCHIAL LUNG VOLUME REDUCTION SYSTEM

A lung device with an expandable member comprising a compliant inflatable member 30 having an open lumen 36 formed therethrough, the expandable member having an expanded diameter adapted to contact a circumferential wall portion of a lung air passageway 12. The device also comprises a plug 38 adapte...

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Hauptverfasser:	MCGURK, ERIN, ARONSON, NATHAN, A, MATHIS, MARK, L, THOMPSON, DAVE, P
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES FOR INTRODUCING MEDIA INTO, OR ONTO, THE BODY DEVICES FOR PRODUCING OR ENDING SLEEP OR STUPOR DEVICES FOR TRANSDUCING BODY MEDIA OR FOR TAKING MEDIA FROMTHE BODY DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS DIAGNOSIS FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE IDENTIFICATION MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES SURGERY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS
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Zusammenfassung:	A lung device with an expandable member comprising a compliant inflatable member 30 having an open lumen 36 formed therethrough, the expandable member having an expanded diameter adapted to contact a circumferential wall portion of a lung air passageway 12. The device also comprises a plug 38 adapted to be added to close the open lumen 36 and a coupler 32 adapted to couple the plug 38 and the expandable member.