ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,249, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Pulmonx Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Methods and systems for endobronchial diagnostics" was invented by Surag Mantri (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Srikanth Radhakrishnan (Cupertino, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for targeting, accessing and diagnosing diseased lung compartments are disclosed. The method comprises introducing a diagnostic catheter with an occluding member at its distal end into a lung segment via an assisted ventilation device; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung segment; and performing a diagnostic procedure with the catheter while the pat...