Patent ID: 8668707

Claim:
A system for treating a patient having a lung with an airway and a portion of the lung offset eccentrically from the airway, the system comprising: a delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end with a delivery lumen therebetween, the distal end of the delivery catheter configured to be inserted distally into the airway; an implant having a proximal end and a distal end and an elongate body therebetween, the implant configured to be delivered to the airway in a delivery configuration in the delivery lumen of the delivery catheter, the implant further configured to be deployed within the airway with the elongate body extending along a region of the airway from the delivery configuration to a deployed configuration, the elongate body of the deployed configuration of the implant configured to selectively compress the portion of the lung offset eccentrically from the airway and disposed between the proximal end and the distal end of the implant.