IMPLANTABLE BRONCHIAL ISOLATION DEVICES AND LUNG TREATMENT METHODS

摘要

Disclosed are methods and devices for treating the lung. A guidewire exchange technique and device can be used to deliver a guidewire to a lung using a delivery device and a grasping tool that couples the guidewire to the delivery device. A bronchial isolation device can be deployed within a bronchial passageway and removed therefrom using the removal methods and devices described herein. A flow control device can be implanted into a channel in a wall of a bronchial passageway to modify the flow dynamic to and from a target lung region.