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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:
Pneumrx, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Inventors:
Nathan Aronson, Chico, CA (US);
Mark L. Mathis, Fremont, CA (US);
Assignee:
PneumRx, Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/36 (2006.01); A61M 29/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/24 (2006.01); A61B 17/12 (2006.01); A61M 16/04 (2006.01); A61B 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/128 (2006.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/24 (2013.01); A61B 17/12022 (2013.01); A61B 17/12104 (2013.01); A61B 17/12131 (2013.01); A61B 17/12145 (2013.01); A61B 17/12172 (2013.01); A61B 19/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/04 (2013.01); A61M 16/0406 (2014.02); A61B 17/1285 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2017/12054 (2013.01); A61B 2019/461 (2013.01); A61B 2019/5466 (2013.01); A61M 2205/0266 (2013.01);
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.