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US 2006/0124126 A1Published application
Collateral ventilation device with chest tube/evacuation features
AssigneePortaero, Inc.
InventorDon Tanaka
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Abstract
A collateral ventilation bypass system with chest tube evacuation device may be utilized in combination to removed trapped air from the lungs. With the chest tube evacuation device, any air trapped in the pleural space may be evacuated through the bypass system to prevent a pneumothorax.
Claims1
A collateral ventilation bypass system comprising:
- at least one conduit extending into at least one lung at a predetermined location for removing trapped gases from the at least one lung;
- an evacuation device connected to the at least one conduit for evacuating air from the pleural space;
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- a means affixed to the evacuation device operable to cause a localized pleurodesis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.