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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 12, 2011
Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven C Springmeyer, Bellevue, WA (US);
William A. Sirokman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Hugo Xavier Gonzalez, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven C Springmeyer, Bellevue, WA (US);
William A. Sirokman, Kirkland, WA (US);
Spiration, Inc., Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Systems and devices for minimally invasively treating an air leak in a lung comprise the steps of detecting an air leak in a lung; locating an airway in fluid communication with the air leak, introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and occluding an airway upstream of the air leak for a period of time. The airway occlusion device is preferably removed after the air leak has substantially permanently healed. The occluding device may be a one-way valve. The occluding device may also comprise strut members and anchors that penetrate an airway wall.