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US 2006/0130830 A1Published application
Intra-bronchial implants for improved attachment
AssigneeUptake Medical Corp.
InventorRobert Barry
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Abstract
An obstructive device adapted to be implanted into a patient's airway comprising: at least one tissue contacting surface adapted to delivery energy to an airway wall in order to induce a fibrotic response between the device and the patient.
Claims3
An obstructive device adapted to be implanted into a patient's airway comprising:
- at least one tissue contacting surface adapted to delivery energy to an airway wall in order to induce a fibrotic response between the device and the patient.
An obstructive device adapted to be implanted into a patient's airway comprising:
- at least one tissue contacting surface comprising at least one energy delivery member and a fibrosing agent where the fibrosing agent induces a fibrotic response between the device and the patient in which the device is implanted.
A method for inducing the partial or total collapse of a targeted region of a patient's lung comprising:
- advancing an obstructive device into a patient's airway and thermally fixing the obstructive device inside the airway by applying energy to a interface between the airway and a tissue contacting surface of the device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.