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US 6,328,689 B1Granted
Lung constriction apparatus and method
AssigneeSpiration, Inc.
InventorsHugo X. Gonzalez, Diane M. Muff, William A. Sirokman
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AssigneeSpiration, Inc.
InventorsHugo X. Gonzalez, Diane M. Muff, William A. Sirokman
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A lung constriction device and method provide lung air leak suppression or lung volume reduction. The lung constriction device includes a jacket of flexible material. The jacket is configured to cover at least a portion of a lung. The jacket is further configured to receive the lung portion as it is drawn therein. The jacket may be expandable and held in an expanded condition as the lung tissue is drawn into the jacket. Thereafter, the jacket is permitted to collapse about the lung portion to constrict the lung portion. The jacket may alternatively be nonexpandable. As the lung tissue is drawn into the jacket, it will collapse. Once disposed in the jacket, the jacket constricts the lung tissue to provide leakage suppression or lung volume reduction. The jacket may further be severable so that after the lung portion is drawn into the jacket, the jacket may be severed to section the lung portion.
A lung constriction device comprising a jacket of flexible material configured to cover only a portion of a lung, the jacket having a pair of opened ends to permit the lung portion to be drawn into the jacket and the jacket being dimensioned to constrict and collapse the lung portion.
A lung constriction device comprising a member formed of expandable material, the member being configured for receiving only a portion of a lung when forced into an expanded enlarged condition by an expansion force, and contractible about the lung portion upon release of the expansion force for constricting and collapsing the lung portion.
A method of constricting and collapsing only a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of constricting at least a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of constricting at least a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of constricting at least a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of constricting at least a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of constricting at least a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of reducing the size of a lung, the method including the steps of:
A method of sectioning body tissue, the method including the steps of:
A system for sectioning body tissue, the system comprising:
A device for use in sectioning body tissue comprising a jacket of severable material configured to cover the body tissue, the jacket having a pair of opened ends to permit the body tissue to be drawn into the jacket and the jacket being dimensioned to constrict and seal the body tissue.
A lung constriction device comprising a jacket of flexible material configured to cover only a portion of a lung, the jacket having a pair of opened ends to permit the lung portion to be drawn into the jacket and the jacket being dimensioned to constrict, collapse, and disable the lung portion.
A lung constriction device comprising a member formed of expandable material, the member being configured for receiving only a portion of a lung when forced into an expanded enlarged condition by an expansion force, and contractible about the lung portion upon release of the expansion force for constricting, collapsing, and disabling the lung portion.
A method of constricting, collapsing, and disabling a portion of a lung, the method including the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.