Robert Lawrence Barry,Erik Henne,Avina Gupta,Sourish Bandyopadhyay
申请号:
US14504042
公开号:
US09782211B2
申请日:
2014.10.01
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要:
Methods and apparatus for diagnosing and treating disorders of the lung are provided, which may include any number of features. In one embodiment, a method comprises obtaining diagnostic information relating to a patients lungs, compiling a list of potential treatment plans for lung volume reduction in the first and second lungs, excluding treatment plans from the list of potential treatment plans that propose treatment of a lung segment that falls within a segment exclusion rule, and identifying at least one preferred treatment plan from the list of potential treatment plans that targets sufficiently diseased lung segments while also targeting a preferred combined volume of the first and second lungs.