Blanca Costa Ávila addresses the problem of respiratory distress due to fibrosis and stenosis of the airways produced by chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. She suggests that implanting a bronchial splint solves airway stenosis and improves pulmonary ventilation.
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Treating COPD by Implanting a Bronchial Splint: Breaking the Wall of Pulmonary Obstruction
Blanca Costa is a biomedical engineer and Associate Researcher at Dynasty Cell, where tissue engineering is researched. Blanca works for the biomaterials laboratory project with Universidad Católica San Pablo (UCB) in collaboration with Dynasty Cell.
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