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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2005
Applicant:
Mark Adler, Poway, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mark Adler, Poway, CA (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A62B 9/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An anchored intra-bronchial apparatus for placement and deployment into selected airways and a method for using the same. When deployed, the apparatus creates a restriction of air flow to one or more targeted lung regions and achieves total lung volume reduction through a collapse or partial collapse of the targeted regions. The air flow valve of the apparatus includes a through lumen that permits drug delivery concurrent with lung volume reduction procedure.