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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2012
Applicant:
Georg Nollert, Straβlach-Dingharting, DE;
Inventor:
Georg Nollert, Straβlach-Dingharting, DE;
Assignee:
SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, München, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/12 (2006.01); A61B 18/14 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 18/1492 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00285 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00541 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00577 (2013.01); A61B 2218/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/0662 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1047 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1052 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for endobronchial ablation of a tumor is provided. The apparatus has an ablation catheter and a guide facility to be inserted into the bronchial system, a sheath defining a guide channel for the ablation catheter, a closing apparatus for a bronchial arm, and an aperture allowing airtight insertion of the ablation catheter into a bronchial arm blocked by the closing apparatus. The ablation catheter and/or the guide facility have a suction apparatus for sucking air out of a bronchial arm blocked off by the closing apparatus.