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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Suguru Hata, Kanagawa, JP;
Ayaka Akutagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
TERUMO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2006.01); A61B 18/02 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/04 (2013.01); A61B 18/02 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00595 (2013.01);
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.