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AssigneeBroncus Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJoel D. Cooper, Bryan Loomas, Don Tanaka, Michael D. Laufer, David Thompson, James M. Davenport, Gary Kaplan, Dave Haugaard, Glendon E. French
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The devices and methods disclosed herein are directed to altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expiration cycle of, for instance, an individual having Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. More particularly, these devices and methods produce and to maintain collateral openings or channels through the airway wall so that expired air is able to pass directly out of the lung tissue to facilitate both the exchange of oxygen ultimately into the blood and/or to decompress hyper-inflated lungs. The devices and methods also disclose locating and selecting a site for creation of a collateral opening.
A method of improving gaseous flow within a diseased lung comprising the step of altering the gaseous flow paths within the lung by advancing a device into a respiratory opening to create at least one collateral channel in the lung as an additional flow path.
A method of improving gaseous flow within a diseased lung comprising:
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