Mark L. Mathis,David Thompson,Nathan Aronson,Patrick Wu
申请号：
US13618822
公开号：
US08740921B2
申请日:
2012.09.14
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
The invention provides improved medical devices, therapeutic treatment systems, and treatment methods for treatment of the lung. A lung volume reduction system includes an implantable device having an elongate body that is sized and shaped for delivery via the airway system to a lung airway of a patient. The implant is inserted and positioned while the implant is in a delivery configuration, and is reconfigured to a deployed configuration so as to locally compress adjacent tissue of the lung, with portions of the elongate body generally moving laterally within the airway so as to laterally compress lung tissue. A plurality of such implants will often be used to treat a lung of a patient.
