Patent ID: 7533667
Filing Date: 2009-05-19
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a lung of a patient through an artificial aperture through a chest wall of the patient, wherein the artificial aperture passes through the chest wall, through a parietal membrane and through a visceral membrane into alveolar tissue of the lung, and wherein the visceral membrane is sealed to the parietal membrane around the artificial aperture, where the artificial aperture passes through the parietal membrane and the visceral membrane, to prevent pneumothorax, wherein the method comprises: positioning an internal section which includes a first end, a second end, and a channel extending from the second end to the first ends, through the artificial aperture into alveolar tissue of the lung outside of the bronchi of the patient, such that the air present in the alveolar tissue of the lung of the patient may pass into the channel; securing a housing, which is connected to the first end of the internal section, to the outside of the chest of the patient; and operating a power-operated ventilation device within the housing to promote flow of air from the alveolar tissue of the lung through the channel and expel the air outside of the patient.