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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2020
Applicants:
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
New Cos, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Gildea, Cleveland, OH (US);
Keith Grafmeyer, Cleveland, OH (US);
Assignees:
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
NEW COS INC, Cleveland, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2002/046 (2013.01); A61F 2240/002 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods of treating airway stenosis are provided. Methods include gradually dilating the stenotic region of a patient's airway lumen with sequentially implanted customized airway stents. The airway stents are sequentially implanted until the diameter of the stenotic region of the patient's airway has substantially the same diameter as the diameter of an adjacent healthy region of the patient's airway lumen.