DEVICES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA AND OTHER CONDITIONS
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Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).
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169 Claims
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1-158. -158. (canceled)
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159. A system for altering the crossectional morphology of a lumen within the body of a human or animal subject, said system comprising:
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an introduction device positionable within the lumen;
a device that is introduceable through the introduction device into an opening in the lumen, said device being useable to modifying the forces exerted on the lumen by tissue outside of the lumen, thereby resulting in a change of the crossectional morphology of the lumen. - View Dependent Claims (160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168)
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