DEVICES AND METHODS TO MAINTAIN THE PATENCY OF AN OPENING RELATIVE TO PARENCHYMAL TISSUE OF THE LUNG

• US 20100147294A1
• Filed: 02/19/2010
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/15/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Portaero, Inc
• Original Assignee: Portaero, Inc
• Inventors: Tanaka, Don, Chang, Asia, Russell, Scott M.
• Application Number:
  US12/708,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20100147294A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 128/200.240
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/11 for performing anastomosis; Buttons for anastomosis
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3421 Cannulas
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 17/3423 Access ports, e.g. toroid shape introducers for instruments or hands access sites for liquids A61M39/0247
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/00951 adhesive
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/306 holding by means of suction
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3425 for internal organs, e.g. heart ports
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3486 Balloon
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3488 Fixation to inner organ or inner body tissue
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2017/3492 against the outside of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 90/39 Markers, e.g. radio-opaque or breast lesions markers
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/00 Filters implantable into blood vessels; Prostheses, i.e. artificial substitutes or replacements for parts of the body; Appliances for connecting them with the body; Devices providing patency to, or preventing collapsing of, tubular structures of the body, e.g. stents as cosmetic articles, see the relevant subclasses, e.g. wigs, hair pieces, A41G3/00, A41G5/00; artificial nails A45D31/00; dental prostheses A61C13/00; materials for prostheses A61L27/00; artificial hearts A61M60/00; artificial kidneys A61M1/14
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 2/0063 Implantable repair or support meshes, e.g. hernia meshes
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0406 implanted flow modifiers
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/0484 at the distal end
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/101 using an oxygen concentrator
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 16/106 in a path
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/025 through bones or teeth, e.g. through the skull
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0252 for access to the lungs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0261 Means for anchoring port to the body, or ports having a special shape or being made of a specific material to allow easy implantation/integration in the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0276 for introducing or removing fluids into or out of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0279 : for introducing medical instruments into the body, e.g. endoscope, surgical tools
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2039/0297 : at least part of it being inflatable, e.g. for anchoring, sealing or removing
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0007 : introduced into the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/0208 : Oxygen
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2202/03 : Gases in liquid phase, e.g. cryogenic liquids
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/101 : Pleural cavity
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 2210/1039 : Lungs
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/0068 : Static characteristics of the catheter tip, e.g. shape, atraumatic tip, curved tip or tip structure
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/007 : Side holes, e.g. their profiles or arrangements; Provisions to keep side holes unblocked
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• CPC Class Codes: A61M 25/04 : in the body, e.g. expansible A61M25/10, A61M16/0488 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61M 39/0247 : Semi-permanent or permanent transcutaneous or percutaneous access sites to the inside of the body peritoneal dialysis catheters A61M1/285; tracheostomy devices A61M16/0465; measuring pressure within the body A61B5/03; colostomy devices A61F5/445; gastrotomy feeding tubes A61J15/0015; means for fixing a feeding tube outside of the body A61J15/0053

Abstract

A mechanical device and/or chemical process is utilized to maintain luminal patency in conduits or other devices implanted in the lung or lungs of a patient. The mechanical device and/or chemical process ensures that air flows freely through a conduit implanted through an anastomosis into a lung. The device is suitable for use in conjunction with ventilation bypass treatments for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Claims

1. A system to maintain luminal patency proximate to an opening in parenchymal tissue of the lung comprising:

an implant with a lumen and an opening communicating with the lumen, said opening of said implant is adapted to be implanted one of adjacent to and in the parenchymal tissue;

a device that is used in combination with the implant, wherein said device is associated with the opening of said implant and which device includes a surgical instrument with a sharp tip; and

wherein said device can interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein said device can fit into the lumen.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein said device can fit into the lumen and be deployed adjacent to said opening of said lumen.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein said device is adapted to be moved relative to the parenchyma tissue in order to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein said tip of said device is one of formed with and attached to the opening in the lumen.

6. The system of claim 1 wherein said implant is a conduit that is adapted to provide a pathway through the pleura of the lung.

7. The system of claim 1 wherein said implant is a conduit that is adapted to provide a pathway to the parenchymal tissue of the lung.

8. The system of claim 1 wherein said implant is a conduit that is adapted to provide collateral ventilation to the lung.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein said sharp tip of said device allows the lumen to remain patent through the use of the implant.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein said tip is serrated.

11. The system of claim 1 wherein said device is a trocar with said sharp tip.

12. A method to maintain luminal patency proximate to an opening in a parenchymal tissue comprising the steps of:

placing an implant through the chest wall so that the opening is located one of adjacent and in parenchymal tissue of the lung, wherein said implant includes a lumen and an opening communicating with the lumen; and

using a device in combination with the implant, which device has a sharp tip, to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup in order to maintain patency.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein said using step includes placing the device into the lumen of the implant in order to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup in order to maintain patency.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein said using step includes deploying the sharp tip of the device adjacent to the opening in the implant.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein said using step includes moving said device relative to the parenchymal tissue in order to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein said using step includes moving a trocar with the sharp tip relative to opening in said implant in order to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup.

17. A system to maintain luminal patency proximate to an opening in parenchymal tissue of the lung comprising:

an implant with a lumen and an opening communicating with the lumen, said opening of said implant is adapted to be implanted one of adjacent to and in the parenchymal tissue;

a device to be used in combination with and received inside of the lumen of the implant, wherein said device is associated with the opening of the implant;

wherein said device is a surgical instrument with a sharp tip; and

wherein said device can move relative to the implant in order to interfere with at least one of tissue buildup and secretional buildup.