US Patent Issued to Materialise, Fluidda on Nov. 18 for "Method and apparatus for treating hyperinflation and associated complications in lung regions" (Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,063, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Materialise N.V. (Leuven, Belgium) and Fluidda NV (Kontich, Belgium).

"Method and apparatus for treating hyperinflation and associated complications in lung regions" was invented by Antoon Dierckx (Heverlee, Belgium), Ben Bekaert (Bertem, Belgium) and Jan De Backer (Kontich, Belgium).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Certain embodiments provide a method for controlling airflow in a lung of a respiratory system of a patient. The method generally includes placing a device in an airway passage, wherein the device comprises: an outer wall and an inner wall defining a lumen from a proximal end to a dist...