INTRAURETHRAL AND EXTRAURETHRAL APPARATUS
First Claim
Patent Images
1. Apparatus, comprising:
- an implant; and
a delivery tool, removably coupled to the implant, the tool configured to;
advance the implant distally through a urethra of a patient until the implant emerges at a distal end of the urethra into a bladder of the patient, andsubsequently, facilitate expansion of the urethra by retracting the implant and by the retracting, implant the implant around the urethra in tissue of a prostate of the patient.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
A method is provided, including distally advancing an implant through a urethra of a patient until the implant emerges in a bladder of the patient, and facilitating expanding of a pre-operative perimeter of a portion of the urethra to a post-operative perimeter of the portion of the urethra that is larger than the pre-operative perimeter by proximally retracting the implant and implanting the implant in prostate tissue surrounding the urethra. Other embodiments are also described.
70 Citations
63 Claims
-
1. Apparatus, comprising:
-
an implant; and a delivery tool, removably coupled to the implant, the tool configured to; advance the implant distally through a urethra of a patient until the implant emerges at a distal end of the urethra into a bladder of the patient, and subsequently, facilitate expansion of the urethra by retracting the implant and by the retracting, implant the implant around the urethra in tissue of a prostate of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (5, 9, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
-
-
2-4. -4. (canceled)
-
6-8. -8. (canceled)
-
10-17. -17. (canceled)
-
23-50. -50. (canceled)
-
51. A method, comprising:
-
distally advancing an implant through a urethra of a patient until the implant emerges in a bladder of the patient; and facilitating expanding of a pre-operative perimeter of a portion of the urethra to a post-operative perimeter of the portion of the urethra that is larger than the pre-operative perimeter by proximally retracting the implant and implanting the implant in prostate tissue surrounding the urethra. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 62)
-
-
60-61. -61. (canceled)
-
63-375. -375. (canceled)
Specification