Patent ID: 7828789

Claim:
A method to introduce a conduit through a parietal membrane and a visceral membrane and into a lung of a subject without allowing air to enter an intrapleural space around the lung, the method comprising: (a) introducing a delivery device into the intrapleural space; (b) releasing a chemical agent from the delivery device into a localized area of the intrapleural space; (c) substantially retaining the chemical agent within the localized area of the intrapleural space such that the chemical agent creates a localized adhesion between the parietal membrane and visceral membrane within the localized area; and (d) subsequent to steps (a), (b) and (c) introducing the conduit from a position external to the lung into tissue of the lung through the parietal membrane and the visceral membrane within the localized adhesion for ventilation of the lung.