Guidewire delivery of implantable bronchial isolation devices in accordance with lung treatment
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1. A method of deploying a guidewire in a lung of a patient, comprising:
- removably coupling a distal end of the guidewire to a distal end of a delivery device having an elongated shaft and a lumen extending therethrough;
positioning the distal end of the delivery device through the patient'"'"'s trachea into a bronchial passageway of the lung so that the distal end of the guidewire is disposed in the bronchial passageway;
removing the delivery device from bronchial passageway while the distal end of the guidewire remains in the bronchial passageway.
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Abstract
Disclosed are method and devices for deploying a guidewire in a lung of a patient. The method comprises removably coupling a distal end of the guidewire to a distal end of a delivery device having an elongated shaft and a lumen extending therethrough. The distal end of the delivery device is delivered through the patient'"'"'s trachea into a bronchial passageway of the lung so that the distal end of the guidewire is disposed in the bronchial passageway. The delivery device is then removed from the a bronchial passageway while the distal end of the guidewire remains in the bronchial passageway.
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1. A method of deploying a guidewire in a lung of a patient, comprising:
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removably coupling a distal end of the guidewire to a distal end of a delivery device having an elongated shaft and a lumen extending therethrough;
positioning the distal end of the delivery device through the patient'"'"'s trachea into a bronchial passageway of the lung so that the distal end of the guidewire is disposed in the bronchial passageway;
removing the delivery device from bronchial passageway while the distal end of the guidewire remains in the bronchial passageway. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A guidewire grasping tool for coupling a guidewire to a bronchoscope positionable in the lung of a patient, comprising:
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an elongate shaft having a proximal end and a distal end;
a grasping member at the distal end of the elongate shaft, wherein the elongate shaft is sized to be positioned within a lumen of a bronchoscope so that the grasping member protrudes outwardly from a distal end of the bronchoscope and the proximal end is located near a proximal end of the bronchoscope, and wherein the grasping member can grasp a guidewire to couple the guidewire to the bronchoscope and release the guidewire from the bronchoscope. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system for use in a lung of a patient, comprising:
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a bronchoscope having a proximal end and a distal end, the bronchoscope having an elongated flexible shaft and a least one internal lumen;
a grasping tool coupled to the bronchoscope, wherein the grasping tool can be used to slidably couple the guidewire to the bronchoscope exterior to the flexible shaft. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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