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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2016
Filed:
Nov. 05, 2012
Applicant:
Innovative Pulmonary Solutions, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US);
Inventors:
Mark E. Deem, Mountain View, CA (US);
Hanson S. Gifford, III, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Holaira, Inc., Plymouth, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2006.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 11/00 (2006.01); A61M 5/30 (2006.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 16/00 (2013.01); A61M 5/30 (2013.01); A61M 11/00 (2013.01); A61M 25/10 (2013.01); A61M 25/0084 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0086 (2013.01); A61M 2025/105 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for controlling narrowing of at least one airway and associated apparatus are provided. The method includes positioning a needle-less injection assembly in an airway of a patient, and introducing a medication from at least one port of the needle-less injection assembly across an epithelium of a wall of the airway and into collagenous and smooth muscle layers of the airway wall such that the medication controls at least one mechanism of airway narrowing.