WO2002064190B1 - Devices for creating collateral channels - Google Patents

Devices for creating collateral channels

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WO2002064190B1
WO2002064190B1 PCT/US2002/004610 US0204610W WO02064190B1 WO 2002064190 B1 WO2002064190 B1 WO 2002064190B1 US 0204610 W US0204610 W US 0204610W WO 02064190 B1 WO02064190 B1 WO 02064190B1
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Joel D Cooper
James M Davenport
Bryan Loomas
Don Tanaka
Gary Kaplan
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Broncus Tech Inc
Joel D Cooper
James M Davenport
Bryan Loomas
Don Tanaka
Gary Kaplan
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Abstract

The devices disclosed herein are directed to altering gaseous flow within a lung to improve the expriation cycle of, for instance, an individual having chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. More particularly, these devices produce collateral openings or channels (112) through the airway wall (100) so that oxygen depleted/carbon dioxide rich air is able to pass directly out of the lung tissue to faciliate both the exchange of oxygen ultimately into the blood and/or to decompress hyper-inflated lungs.

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[received by the International Bureau on 1 October 2002 (01.10.02); original claim 1 amended; remaining claims unchanged (1 page)]
1 „ A conduit for maintaining the patency of an opening in tissue comprising: a center section having a first end and a second end and a central axis extending between said ends, a passageway within said center section extending between said ends, said center section having a wall; and at least one end section having a first end which abuts an end of the center section and a second free end, a central axis extending between said ends, a passageway within said end section extending between said ends, said end section having a wall wherein at least a portion of said at least one end section connected to said center section has a weakened section such that said free end of said at least one end section may bend at said respective weakened section when an outward radial force is applied to said end section.
2. The conduit of claim 1 , wherein said weakened section comprises a reduced wall thickness being less than a thickness of said wall of said center section.
3. The conduit of claim 1 , wherein said conduit comprises a material selected from the group consisting of polvtetrafluoroethyleπe, polypropylene, and a combination thereof.
4- The conduit of claim 1, wherein said center section is radially expandable away from said central axis to allow said center section to assume an expanded profile from a reduced profile. _
5. The conduit of claim 4, wherein a length of said center section is less than twice the square root of a cross sectional area of said center section when said center section is in said expanded profile.
6. The conduit of claim 4, wherein a length of said center section measured along said central axis decreases as said center section expands from said reduced profile to said expanded profile.
7. The conduit of claim 4. wherein said center section is spring biased to assume said expanded profile.
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