Patent ID: 8282660

Claim:
A system for treating a patient having a lung with an airway, the airway having an airway path prior to treatment, the system comprising: a bronchoscope having an elongate bronchoscope insertion tube, the insertion tube extending from a proximal working head to a distal end with a working channel therebetween, the distal end of the insertion tube configured to be inserted distally into an airway and having a scope oriented distally so as to acquire an image from within the airway distally of the distal end of the insertion tube; an airway delivery catheter having a proximal end and a distal end with a delivery lumen therebetween, the delivery catheter receivable within the working channel of the bronchoscope, the distal end of the delivery catheter configured for advancement distally of the distal end of the insertion tube along the path of the airway; and an implant including an elongate body extending between a proximal end and a distal end, the elongate body having a relatively straight configuration and a bent configuration, the elongate body in the straight configuration extending along an axis and advanceable within the delivery lumen into the airway so as to extend along the path of the airway, the elongate body of the implant configured to deploy from the straight configuration to the bent configuration within the airway so as to move the elongate body adjacent the distal end laterally from the axis and impart bending force on the airway such that the path of the airway bends.