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US 7,517,320 B2Granted
Airway bypass site selection and treatment planning
AssigneeBroncus Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHenky Wibowo, Edmund J. Roschak, Thomas M. Keast, Cary Cole
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Abstract
The invention relates to systems and methods for site selection and placement of extra-anatomic passages altering gaseous flow in a diseased lung.
Claims44
A method of assessing a plurality of treatment sites in airways of a hyperinflated lung of a patient, the method comprising:
- identifying the plurality of sites within the airways of the diseased lung;
- determining at least one anatomic characteristic of each site;
- assessing a degree of a plurality of diseased regions in the lung;
- calculating a score for each site based on the degree of the plurality of diseased regions in the lung, at least one anatomic characteristic of each site and a proximity of the site to at least one of the diseased regions;
- and
- displaying each score in association with each site in graphical form.
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A method for identifying treatment sites in airways of a patient's lung for treatment by a surgical system comprising at least one component device, the method comprising:
- identifying at least one parameter of the component device;
- identifying a target region in the airway based on at least one or more anatomical parameters;
- locating at least one location of diseased lung tissue;
- selecting a plurality of treatment sites by assessing the anatomy between at least one of the potential treatment sites and at least one location of diseased lung tissue;
- displaying the plurality of treatment sites in data, electronic or graphic form.
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A method of site selection for an airway bypass procedure in airways of a diseased lung using a surgical system, comprising:
- identifying treatment regions of the airway reachable by the surgical system;
- identifying diseased regions of the lung for treatment based on a severity of disease;
- creating a ranking of treatment sites by comparing the diseased regions with the treatment regions to determine whether a transbronchial access path exists;
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- providing an output of treatment sites in electronic, data, or graphic form.
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