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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2008
Asia Chang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attila Meretei, Pompano, FL (US);
Alex Nedvetsky, Dublin, CA (US);
Don Tanaka, Saratoga, CA (US);
Asia Chang, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attila Meretei, Pompano, FL (US);
Alex Nedvetsky, Dublin, CA (US);
Don Tanaka, Saratoga, CA (US);
Portaero, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A visceral pleura ring connector that may be utilized to anchor and seal the visceral pleura to a conduit or other device entering the lung from a non-native airway. The visceral pleura ring connector may be positioned around the visceral pleura and an insertion device and seal them together without having to make any holes in the pleura. The visceral pleura ring connector may be utilized with a pulmonary pleural stabilizer to hold the visceral pleura of the lung during surgical procedures involving accessing the lung or lungs of a patient directly through the lung and not the native airways.