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Patent US8079368 - Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction method - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inPatentsA method of minimally invasively reducing a volume of a hyper-inflated target section of diseased lung comprising the steps of introducing a bronchoscope into a patient's airway to a position adjacent the target section and equilibrating air within the target section with atmospheric air to at least...http://www.google.ca/patents/US8079368?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US8079368 - Bronchoscopic lung volume reduction methodAdvanced Patent SearchTry the new Google Patents, with machine-classified Google Scholar results, and Japanese and South Korean patents.Publication numberUS8079368 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 12/721,426Publication date20 Dec 2011Filing date10 Mar 2010Priority date8 Apr 2003Fee statusPaidAlso published asUS7100616, US8667973, US20040200484, US20060249164, US20100256714, US20120101428, US20130190679Publication number12721426, 721426, US 8079368 B2, US 8079368B2, US-B2-8079368, US8079368 B2, US8079368B2InventorsSteven C. SpringmeyerOriginal AssigneeSpiration, Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (416), Non-Patent Citations (63), Referenced by (8), Classifications (28), Legal Events (1) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetBronchoscopic lung volume reduction method
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