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Delivery methods and devices for implantable bronchial isolation devices

  • US 20040074491A1
  • Filed: 08/20/2003
  • Published: 04/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. An apparatus for deploying a bronchial device in a bronchial passageway in a lung of a patient, comprising:

  • a flexible shaft having an inner lumen and a distal end adapted to engage the bronchial isolation device;

    a wire slidably disposed in the inner lumen; and

    a housing movably coupled to the distal end of the shaft and configured to receive the bronchial device;

    wherein the wire is connected to the housing to produce relative movement between the housing and the shaft to deploy the bronchial device from the housing.

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