Patent ID: 8453637

Claim:
A medical device used to allow gases to exit a lung of a patient through a pneumostoma in a chest, wherein the medical device comprises; a vent adapted to be inserted into the chest through the pneumostoma to permit gases to exit a lung of the patient through the pneumostoma via the vent, wherein the vent includes, a distal opening in a distal end of the vent adapted to admit gases from the lung, a proximal opening in a proximal end of the vent adapted to allow gases from the lung to exit the vent outside of the chest of the patient, and a tubular body adapted to slide into the pneumostoma and sized so as to place the distal end of the vent within the lung while the proximal end of the vent is external to the chest; and a chest mount having an adhesive surface adapted to releasably secure the chest mount to the chest of the patient, wherein the chest mount includes, an aperture through the chest mount, which aperture is stiff and less compliant than a flange of the chest mount; said flange having the adhesive surface for releasably securing the chest mount to the chest of the patient wherein the flange is thin, elastic, flexible and compliant so that it is adapted to conform to the chest of the patient; and whereby the distal end of the vent is adapted to be selectively positioned within the parenchymal tissue of the lung, while the proximal end of the vent communicates with the aperture.