Patent ID: 8029492
Filing Date: 2011-10-04
Classification: A61M

Abstract:
1. A method for treating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in a person, the person having a chest wall, a parietal membrane, and a visceral membrane and a passage, sealed from a pleural cavity, which passes through the chest wall, the parietal membrane and the visceral membrane into a lung, wherein the method comprises: (a) receiving a medical device having a tube, an adhesive flange, and a gas vent, the tube having a distal opening to admit gasses from the lung, the gas vent being positioned at a proximal end of the tube, the adhesive flange extending from the tube spaced from the distal opening; (b) inserting the distal opening of the tube through the passage into the lung of the person such that the distal opening of the tube is positioned within the lung of the person; (c) adhering the adhesive flange to the chest wall of the person to secure the distal opening of the tube within the lung of the person; and (d) permitting gasses to escape from the lung through the chest wall of the person by entering the distal opening, passing through the tube, and escaping through the gas vent external to the person.