Patents Assigned to Bistech, Inc.
  • Tissue volume reduction
    Patent number: 6682520
    Abstract: Devices, compositions, and methods for achieving non-surgical lung volume reduction (e.g., bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR)) are described. BLVR can be carried out by collapsing a region of the lung, adhering one portion of the collapsed region to another, and promoting fibrosis in or around the adherent tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Bistech, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward P. Ingenito
  • Tissue volume reduction
    Patent number: 6610043
    Abstract: Devices, compositions, and methods for achieving non-surgical lung volume reduction (e.g., bronchoscopic lung volume reduction (BLVR)) are described. BLVR can be carried out by collapsing a region of the lung, adhering one portion of the collapsed region to another, and promoting fibrosis in or around the adherent tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2003
    Assignee: Bistech, Inc.
    Inventor: Edward P. Ingenito