Lung Volume Reduction Devices, Methods, and Systems

A kit for treating a lung of a patient, the lung including an airway system having first airway elongate axial region with an associated first local airway central axis and a second airway elongate axial region with an associated second local airway central axis, the kit comprising:

• an implant having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongate body therebetween, the implant configured to be delivered through the airway system to a portion of the lung in a delivery configuration and deployed to a deployed configuration;
• and
• wherein the deploying of the implant from the delivery configuration to the deployed configuration within the airway tensions a portion of the lung by urging the first local airway axis of the first airway axial region laterally toward the second airway axial region while the proximal and distal portions of the elongate body extend axially within the first and second axial airway regions, respectively.