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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Don Tanaka, Saratoga, CA (US);
Joshua P. Wiesman, Boston, MA (US);
David C. Plough, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Cerier, Franklin, MA (US);
Gary L. Boseck, Belmont, CA (US);
Richard S. Wisdom, Mattapan, MA (US);
Don Tanaka, Saratoga, CA (US);
Joshua P. Wiesman, Boston, MA (US);
David C. Plough, Portola Valley, CA (US);
Jeffrey C. Cerier, Franklin, MA (US);
Gary L. Boseck, Belmont, CA (US);
Richard S. Wisdom, Mattapan, MA (US);
Portaero, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
Surgical instruments and techniques are provided for creating a pneumostoma through the chest wall into the lung of a patient. The pneumostomy instruments and techniques may be used to create a pneumostoma which allows gases to escape from the lung through the chest wall and thereby treat chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.