ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,471,800, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Pulmonx Corp. (Redwood City, Calif.).
"Systems and methods for endobronchial diagnostics" was invented by Sri Radhakrishnan (Cupertino, Calif.) and Ryan Olivera (Granite Bay, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for accessing and diagnosing diseased lung compartments are disclosed. Methods may comprise introducing a diagnostic catheter with an occluding member at its distal end into a lung segment; inflating the occluding member to isolate the lung compartment; and performing a diagnostic procedure with the catheter. The proximal end of the diagnostic catheter is configured...