After waking up from the procedure, he told me he could take full breaths for the first time in years,” Dr. Mark Sigler said of one patient.

which is designed to improve lung function and help patients breathe easier for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and/or emphysema. The Zephyr Valve procedure is a minimally ...

Bingaman then recommended a minimally invasive procedure known as the Zephyr valve treatment. More than 15 million Americans have COPD, and of those, more than 20 percent have emphysema ...