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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 11, 2009
David Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathan Aronson, Chico, CA (US);
Patrick Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Lehrberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Boutillette, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jaime Vasquez, Fremont, CA (US);
David Thompson, San Jose, CA (US);
Nathan Aronson, Chico, CA (US);
Patrick Wu, Pleasanton, CA (US);
David Lehrberg, Mountain View, CA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Michael Boutillette, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jaime Vasquez, Fremont, CA (US);
PneumRx, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A lung volume reduction system is disclosed comprising an elongate implantable device adapted to be delivered to a lung airway of a patient in a delivery configuration and to change to a deployed configuration to compress lung tissue. The implant may be longer in axial length than an axial length of the target axial region in which it is deployed. Deployment may involve allowing an end of the implant to move relative to surrounding tissue while the implant is progressively deployed.