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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2024
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2020
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Bryan I. Hartley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Norbert Pelc, Los Altos, CA (US);
Dimitri Augustin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Racquel Redwood, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Zach Wolf, Redwood City, CA (US);
Benjamin Berkowitz, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Harmeet Bedi, Los Altos, CA (US);
The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University, Stanford, CA (US);
Abstract
An airway visualization system is described herein having an elongate delivery sheath and defining at least one lumen therethrough, wherein the length is positionable within an airway of a subject. An isolation component positioned near or at a distal end of the elongate delivery sheath is expandable to at least partially obstruct the airway and a controller is in communication with the delivery sheath. The controller is also configured to manipulate a fluid flow through the at least one lumen whereby a pressure change within the airway of the subject is imparted sufficiently to at least partially expand or collapse the airway to alter the density of the airway.