CPC A61B 1/00082 (2013.01) [A61B 1/00085 (2013.01); A61B 1/015 (2013.01); A61B 1/018 (2013.01); A61B 5/062 (2013.01); A61B 10/0045 (2013.01); A61B 10/02 (2013.01); A61M 13/00 (2013.01); A61M 16/0404 (2014.02); A61M 16/0459 (2014.02); A61M 16/0479 (2014.02); A61M 25/007 (2013.01); A61M 25/1011 (2013.01); A61B 6/486 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00809 (2013.01); A61B 2034/105 (2016.02); A61B 34/20 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2051 (2016.02); A61B 2034/2072 (2016.02); A61B 2090/3925 (2016.02); A61K 9/0073 (2013.01); A61M 2025/1052 (2013.01)] | 17 Claims |
1. A method of instilling a therapy medium into portions of a luminal network comprising:
generating a model of a luminal network based on images of the luminal network;
determining a location of a target in the luminal network;
guiding a catheter to the target, the catheter including a medium channel and at least one medium outlet in fluid communication with the medium channel for delivering a therapy medium to the target;
isolating an area of the luminal network around the target by inflating a first balloon coupled to the catheter and inflating a second balloon coupled to the catheter distal to the first balloon such that the isolated area is disposed between the first and second inflated balloons;
passing air through a bypass channel of the catheter, the bypass channel extending distal to the isolated area and extending through the catheter distally beyond a distal end of the medium channel, wherein a distal-most end of the catheter forms a distal opening of the bypass channel through which the air exits the bypass channel for delivery into the luminal network distal to the isolated area of the luminal network;
dispensing, via the at least one medium outlet, the therapy medium within the isolated area of the luminal network to the target;
removing a volume of the therapy medium from the isolated area of the luminal network;
measuring the volume of therapy medium removed from the isolated area of the luminal network; and
determining whether the volume of the therapy medium removed from the isolated areas of the luminal network equals or exceeds a threshold volume based on a volume of the therapy medium dispensed to the isolated area of the luminal network.
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