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Methods to accelerate wound healing in thoracic anastomosis applications

  • US 7,682,332 B2
  • Filed: 06/30/2004
  • Issued: 03/23/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for creating an anastomosis which comprises a channel through a chest wall joined to an opening in a visceral membrane of a lung using a medical device having a compression structure, the method comprising:

  • (a) creating the channel through the chest wall into a pleural space surrounding the lung;

    (b) forming an adhesion between the chest wall and a visceral membrane of the lung to seal the channel from the pleural space;

    (c) creating an opening in the visceral membrane of the lung which communicates with the channel; and

    (d) inserting the medical device through the channel and opening such that a first portion of the compression structure is outside the chest wall, a second portion of the compression structure is inside the lung, and a third portion of the compression structure is within the channel; and

    (e) configuring the compression structure so that the compression structure maintains a compressive force upon tissue surrounding the channel.

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