ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,064, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Gyrus ACMI Inc. (Westborough, Mass.).
"Collateral ventilation assessment system" was invented by Paul W. Taylor (Redmond, Wash.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for assessing collateral ventilation. An illustrative embodiment includes an occlusion device insertable into a bronchial passageway to selectively seal the bronchial passageway to occlude a lobe of a lung. A flow lumen sealably extends through the occlusion device to a distal end and has a proximal end receptive of a positive pressure flow. A check valve is coupleable with t...