Patent ID: 8986336
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for deploying a bronchial device in an air passageway, the apparatus comprising: a conduit configured to be passed down a trachea, the conduit comprising an internal lumen, an axially-movable push rod within the internal lumen, a housing that defines a sealed capsule that is movable relative to the conduit, the sealed capsule substantially sealingly enclosing and separating the bronchial device from an environment external to the capsule, the bronchial device positioned within the housing, and the housing being further arranged to be advanced down the internal lumen of the conduit placed into the air passageway in the direction of a distal end of the housing and, upon movement of the axially-movable push rod from outside of the capsule into a proximal end of the sealed capsule and upon application of force by the axially-movable push rod on a proximal end of the bronchial device, the bronchial device is released through a distal end of the capsule for deployment in the air passageway such that the bronchial device is not in physical contact with the housing or the conduit once deployed.