Devices, treatments and methods to restore tissue elastic recoil

A pulmonary treatment device for treating a lung, comprising:

• an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate body has a shape-memory configuration that is configured to be loaded within a lumen of a delivery device so that the distal end and proximal end are positioned to exit the delivery device first so that together the distal end and the proximal end form two tissue gathering elements during simultaneous deployment,
• wherein each of the distal end and proximal end has a distal tip configured to move in rotation around at least one second axis during deployment from the lumen of the delivery device into tissue of the lung so as to gather at least a portion of the tissue,
• wherein continued deployment of each of the distal end and proximal end from the delivery device allows each of the distal end and proximal end to form at least one energy storage element which curves around at least one third axis, and
• wherein continued deployment deploys a remainder of the elongate body from the delivery device into a lung passageway of the lung which forms at least one loop configured to expand against walls of the lung passageway so as to anchors the pulmonary treatment device in the lung passageway.

A pulmonary treatment device for treating a lung comprising:

• an elongate body having a distal end, a proximal end and a longitudinal axis, wherein the elongate body is configured to be loaded within a lumen of a delivery device in a tensioned configuration so that the distal end and proximal end are adjacent to each other within the lumen, wherein the elongate body has
• a first tissue gathering element formed at the distal end, and a second tissue gathering element formed at the proximal end, each having a shape-memory shape configured to grasp lung tissue upon deployment from the lumen, and
• an anchoring element having a shape configured to anchor within a lung passageway of the lung, wherein the first and second tissue gathering elements are opposite the anchoring element along the longitudinal axis when the pulmonary treatment device is positioned in the delivery device in the tensioned configuration and after deployment from the lumen and wherein the first and second tissue gathering elements are perpendicular to the anchoring element after deployment, and
• at least one inversion element disposed between the first and the second tissue gathering elements and the anchoring element when the pulmonary treatment device is positioned in the delivery device in the tensioned configuration, wherein the at least one inversion element has a shape configured to move at least a portion of the first and second tissue gathering element between the at least one inversion element and the anchoring element as the pulmonary treatment device transitions toward a relaxed configuration upon release from the delivery device.