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PNEUMOSTOMA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM FOR TREATMENT OF CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

  • US 20090205644A1
  • Filed: 02/18/2009
  • Published: 08/20/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A medical device used to allow gases to exit a lung of a patient through a pneumostoma in a chest, wherein the medical device comprises;

  • a vent adapted to be inserted into the chest through the pneumostoma to permit gases to exit a lung of the patient through the pneumostoma via the vent, wherein the vent includes,a distal opening in a distal end of the vent adapted to admit gases from the lung,a proximal opening in a proximal end of the vent adapted to allow gases from the lung to exit the vent outside of the chest of the patient, anda tubular body adapted to slide into the pneumostoma and sized so as to place the distal end of the vent within the lung while the proximal end of the vent is external to the chest; and

    a chest mount having an adhesive surface adapted to releasably secure the chest mount to the chest of the patient, wherein the chest mount includes,a coupling that can releasably engage the proximal end of the vent, andan aperture through the chest mount wherein the aperture is larger in diameter than the distal end of the vent, so that the aperture permits the distal end of the vent to be fit through the aperture into the pneumostoma, but smaller in diameter than the proximal end of the vent to prevent the proximal end of the vent from passing through the aperture into the pneumostoma.whereby the distal end of the vent is adapted to be selectively positioned within the lung, while the proximal end of the vent is releasably secured to the chest mount and prevented from passing into the pneumostoma.

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