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US 6,610,043 B1Granted
Tissue volume reduction
AssigneeBistech, Inc.
InventorEdward P. Ingenito
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Abstract
Devices, compositions, and methods for achieving non-surgical lung volume reduction (e.g., bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR)) are described. BLVR can be carried out by collapsing a region of the lung, adhering one portion of the collapsed region to another, and promoting fibrosis in or around the adherent tissue.
Claims11
A non-surgical method of reducing lung volume in a patient, the method comprising:
- (a) collapsing a target region of the patient's lung;
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- (b) administering, by way of the patient's trachea, to the target region of the patient's lung:
- (i) a first composition comprising 3-12% fibrinogen and
- (ii) a second composition comprising a fibrinogen activator, whereafter one portion of the target region adheres to another portion of the target region, thereby reducing the patient's lung volume.
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