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Devices for delivering substances through an extra-anatomic opening created in an airway

  • US 10,369,339 B2
  • Filed: 07/21/2014
  • Issued: 08/06/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for performing a procedure on a target tissue in a lung of a patient located outside of an airway lumen, the method comprising:

  • advancing a tubular structure through the airway lumen of the patient, the airway lumen comprising a tissue lumen wall;

    selecting a location along the airway lumen to create an opening through the tissue lumen wall;

    creating an incision at the location with a wire member;

    enlarging the incision with an inflatable member to form the opening;

    advancing the tubular structure into the opening;

    advancing a tool through the opening and through the passageway in the tubular structure towards the target tissue within the parenchyma; and

    performing a procedure on the target tissue in the parenchyma with the tool.

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