Lung reduction apparatus and method

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A - Human Necessities

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A61B 19/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/00 (2006.01) A61B 17/12 (2006.01) A61F 2/02 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2316707

An apparatus and method reduces the size of a lung. The apparatus includes a jacket of flexible fabric configured to cover at least a portion of the lung. A lace, carried by the jacket, collapses the jacket about the lung portion. The jacket may further include a drawstring circumscribing the jacket at the base for closing the open base of the jacket about the lung portion. The collapsing of the jacket may be employed for both reducing the size of the lung and maintaining the lung in a reduced size condition or the lung portion may be deflated prior to the placement of the jacket over the lung portion, in which case, the jacket serves to prevent re--expansion of the lung portion.

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