Patent ID: 8740921
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: A61B,A61F,A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for treating a lung of a patient, the lung including an airway system having a first elongate airway region with an associated first inner luminal surface and local airway central axis and a second elongate airway region with an associated second inner luminal surface and local airway central axis, the method comprising: delivering an implant axially into the airway system so that a proximal portion of the implant is disposed within the first airway region and so that a distal portion of the implant is disposed within the second airway region; tensioning a portion of the lung by deploying the implant in the airway system such that the deployed implant moves the second local airway axis of the second airway region laterally toward the first airway region by laterally urging the distal portion of the implant against the first inner luminal surface toward the proximal portion.