Endobronchial valve

Endobronchial valve

The endobronchial valve is a medical device researched and developed in Russia, used in treatment of tuberculosis and its complications. It is a one-way valve designerd to be installed in a bronchus. It causes hypoventilation of the affected segment of a lung and preserves the drainage function of the blocked bronchus and the tissue-destruction cavity. The valve lets air and sputum and other bronchial secretion go out of the lung during abrupt expiration and coughing, but lets nothing back in during inspiration. []

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* [http://www.medlung.org/tuberculosis-2.htm Medlung]
* [http://www.medlung.ru/news.php?readmore=4 Russian Federation Patent #58898]


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