Patent ID: 8474449

Claim:
A pneumostoma management device adapted to allow gases to exit parenchymal tissue of a lung through a pneumostoma in a chest of a patient, wherein the pneumostoma management device comprises: an extruded tube having a first length and adapted to be cut to a second selected length sufficient to pass into the parenchymal tissue of the lung through the pneumostoma, the extruded tube having a lumen, a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the extruded tube having at least one opening adapted to admit gases from the parenchymal tissue of the lung; a flange connected to the proximal end of the extruded tube such that an opening in the flange communicates with the lumen of the extruded tube, the flange projecting a sufficient distance from the extruded tube to preclude passage of the flange into the pneumostoma, and a filter disposed over the opening in the flange and secured to one of the flange and the extruded tube such that gases passing through the lumen of the tube passes through the filter.