Patent ID: 7896887

Claim:
An apparatus for deploying a self-expandable bronchial obstruction device in an air passageway comprising: a catheter configured to be passed down the trachea; a sealed capsule for housing the self-expandable bronchial obstruction device in a sterile environment, the capsule being configured to be advanced down the catheter and comprising a tubular extension, the capsule having a breakable seam opened by the self-expandable bronchial obstruction device so as to release the bronchial obstruction device in the air passageway upon a proximal force being exerted upon said self-expandable bronchial obstruction device, wherein the self-expandable bronchial obstruction device is a one-way valve configured to preclude inhaled air from entering an area of the air passageway while allowing air within the area of the air passageway to be exhaled.