Portland, OR, Feb. 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to the report published by Allied Market Research, the global bronchial thermoplasty catheter market garnered $3.4 billion in 2021, and is ...

A common health problem, lung diseases range from mild to severe. WebMD breaks down the information and describes the types and causes of some common lung diseases.

DISEASE may destroy all but one or two segments of a lung. Often, surgery is imperative, with a choice between pneumonectomy and conservation of the single or double segment. If there is disease ...

Masterstrokes. The hidden genius of our lungs For years, the asymmetric design of our lungs has puzzled experts. And now, researchers from IIT Madras have found the reason to this asymmetry.

Clean air then enters the two bronchi, one bronchus going to each lung. The bronchi in the lungs split into smaller and smaller tubes called bronchioles.

Engineers and scientists have developed proof of concept for a robot that can reach some of the smallest bronchial tubes in the lungs - to take tissue samples or deliver cancer therapy.

Because of its size, the bronchoscope can only travel as far as the upper levels of the bronchial tree. To delve deeper into the lungs, a catheter or fine tube - measuring about 2 millimeters in ...

Just read how Gavitt A. Woodard, M.D. and Georg M. Wieselthaler, M.D. from the University of California, San Francisco, described the picture in the Tweet above, "The right bronchial tree consists ...