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Emphysema is a type of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) that is characterized by the destruction and enlargement of air sacs within the lungs, which results in decreased lung elasticity. This in turn causes the lungs to become hyperinflated, leading to breathing difficulties.

Causes of Emphysema:

  • Exposure to industrial pollutants or dusts,
  • cigarette smoking, and
  • a familial or genetic disorder.

COPD -  Breathtaking Numbers

Is a Lung and Airways Disease

Causes Wheezing

Often Misdiagnosed as Asthma

4 - 10% of Adults have COPD in Europe

Mainly Caused by Smoking

3rd Biggest Killer Worldwide

And did you know ... SVS valves can also be efficient in treating prolonged air leaks, resulting in faster healing of damaged lung tissue.

Spiration Valve Therapy is a promising and effective approach for treating a diseased lung in emphysematous patients or a damaged lung resulting in air leaks. 

Minimally Invasive, Maximally Comfortable

SVS — An Innovative Endobronchial Therapy
The unique umbrella-shaped design of the Spiration Valve redirects air from diseased parts of the lung to healthier parts, all while allowing trapped air and secretions to escape naturally along the airway wall, so that patients may breathe easier.

Goodbye Chest Drain - Be You Again

The Spiration Valve limits airflow to damaged tissue while allowing trapped air and secretions to escape naturally along the airway wall. A reduction in airflow to damaged lung has been shown to accelerate resolution of an air leak.

Spiration Valve placement is a very simple and very fast procedure. With the umbrella design of the SVS valve you can easily occlude bronchi. You have some anchors at the distal part to avoid migration or coughing out (valves). And with the very thin and flexible catheter, you can also place the valves in sometimes difficult to reach areas.

Prof. Dr. med. Ralf Eberhardt Head of pulmonology department, Asklepios Barmbek, Hamburg, Germany

Every Breath You Take

Valve therapy in COPD is based on a beautifully simple idea: little umbrella valves cut off hyperinflated areas of the lung. The sections behind that device collapse like an empty balloon and allow healthier areas to “get their breath".

Feasible, Effective and Safe: It´s Proven

The EMPROVE clinical trial demonstrated lung volume reduction with SVS valves is a safe and effective treatment option for patients with severe emphysema.

For the Management of Prolonged Air Leaks

The Precision You Need For The Outcomes You Want​

Your Challenge
Postsurgical air leaks continue to be the most common complication following surgical resection and a leading cause of increased hospitalization, morbidity and cost.

Traditional Solution
The traditional management of prolonged leaks involves chest drainage and observation, followed by more invasive treatments when leaks do not resolve. Traditional “wait and see” approaches can lead to increased length of stay and frustration for both the provider and patient.

Our Solution
The Spiration Valve System procedure is minimally invasive and provides surgeons and pulmonologists with a method for limiting distal airflow that accelerates resolution of an air leak.

We believe that our technology should help care teams to focus on what matters most — caring for their patients.

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Clinical Evidence

  1. 1.Isolation of persistent air leaks and placement of intrabronchial valves Mahajan AK, Doeing DC, Hogarth DK J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2013 Mar;145(3):626–30. doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.12.003
  2. 2.Endoscopic one-way valve implantation in patients with prolonged air leak and the use of digital air leak monitoring Firlinger I, Stubenberger E, Müller MR, Burghuber OC, Valipour A Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Apr;95(4):1243–9. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.12.036
  3. 3.Bronchial valve treatment for pulmonary air leak after anatomic lung resection for cancer Dooms CA, Decaluwe H, Yserbyt J, De Leyn P, Van Raemdonck D, Ninane V Eur Respir J. 2013 Nov 14. [Epub ahead of print] doi: 10.1183/09031936.00117613
  4. 4.Complete unilateral versus partial bilateral endoscopic lung volume reduction in patients with bilateral lung emphysema Eberhardt R, Gompelmann D, Schuhmann M, Reinhardt H, Ernst A, Heussel CP, Herth FJF Chest 2012 Mar 29. [Epub ahead of print]
  5. 5.A Multicenter Pilot Study of a Bronchial Valve for the Treatment of Severe Emphysema Sterman DH, Mehta AC, Wood DE, Mathur PN, McKenna RJ Jr, Ost DE, Truwit JD, Diaz P, Wahidi MM, Cerfolio R, Maxfield R, Musani AI, Gildea T, Sheski F, Machuzak CM, Haas AR, Gonzalez HX, Springmeyer SC Respiration 2010;79:222–233
  6. 6.Treatment of Heterogeneous Emphysema Using the Spiration IBV Valves Springmeyer SC, Bolliger CT, Waddell TK, Gonzalez X, Wood DE Thoracic Surgery Clinics 2009;19(2):247–253
  7. 7.The influence of lung volume reduction with intrabronchial valves on the quality of life of patients with heterogeneous emphysema – a prospective study. Pneumonol Alergol Pol. 2015;83(6):418–23. doi: 10.5603/PiAP.2015.0069 Szlubowska S, Zalewska-Puchała J, Majda A, et al.