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AssigneeSpiration, Inc.
InventorsLauri J. DeVore, Richard O. Shea, John H. Wang, Hugo X. Gonzalez, Steven Chase Springmeyer
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An intra-bronchial device provides a medicant intra-bronchially. The medicant may be used for controlling biological interaction of an intra-bronchial obstruction device with the patient, to treat a disease or condition of the lungs such as pneumonia or lung cancer, or to treat a systemic disease or condition. The medicant is provided by associating a medicant with the intra-bronchial device, either before, at the time of placement, or after placement. The medicant may overlie at least a portion of the intra-bronchial device, be absorbed into at least a portion of the intra-bronchial device, or be carried in a chamber. The intra-bronchial device may further include an absorptive member, and the medicant is absorbed by the absorptive member.
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion communicating with the air passageway, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion communicating with the air passageway, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device for placement in an air passageway of a patient to collapse a lung portion communicating with the air passageway, the device comprising:
A method of reducing the size of a lung of a patient using an intra-bronchial device while controlling biological interaction of the device with the patient, the method including the steps of:
An intra-bronchial device to provide a medicant intra-bronchially to a patient, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway and provide a medicant to a patient, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway and provide a medicant to a patient, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway and provide a medicant to a patient, the device comprising:
A method of providing a medicant to a patient using an intra-bronchial device, the method including the steps of:
A device for reducing the size of a lung of a patient, the device comprising:
An intra-bronchial device adapted to be placed in an air passageway and provide a medicant to a patient, the device comprising:
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