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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2014
Boston Scientific Scimed, Inc., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Alexandra Perrot, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mark Wood, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Jon T. McIntyre, Newton, MA (US);
Claude Clerc, Marlborough, MA (US);
Gary Leanna, Holden, MA (US);
Michael S. H. Chu, Brookline, MA (US);
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC SCIMED, INC., Maple Grove, MN (US);
Abstract
A lung volume reduction system includes a percutaneously, laparoscopically or thorocospically insertable delivery element comprising a control end which remains outside the body and an insertion end which, when in an operative position, is adjacent to an external surface of a target portion of a lung and a constriction element deployable from the distal end of the delivery element to apply compressive force to an external surface of the target portion of the lung to constrict at least one airway therein and collapse the target portion of the lung.