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INDUCED ATELECTASIS AND PULMONARY CONSOLIDATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS

  • US 20180049693A1
  • Filed: 08/17/2016
  • Published: 02/22/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system comprising:

  • a memory storing one or more images of a patient and one or more software applications;

    a display configured to present the one or more images of a patient;

    a user interface adapted to be presented on the display in combination with the one or more images of a patient enabling the identification of one or more image locations illustrating the effects of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD);

    an extended working channel navigable to one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations;

    an electromagnetic field generator;

    a first sensor associated with the extended working channel, the first sensor detecting a field produced by the electromagnetic field generator, wherein the sensed field enables determination of the location of the first sensor in the electromagnetic field;

    a processor, executing one of the one or more software applications to register the one or more images of a patient with the determined location of the first sensor such that the determined location of the first sensor is presented on the user interface; and

    a catheter, extendible through the extended working channel, the catheter configured to evacuate air from within a portion of a patient'"'"'s lungs including the one or more actual locations within a patient corresponding to the one or more image locations illustrating the effects of COPD to temporarily isolate the portion of the lungs including the one or more actual locations.

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