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Abstract
A method of dissecting urethra obstructing tissue. The method includes capturing urethra obstructing tissue between portions of an implant and applying pressure on the tissue caught between the portions of the implant, for longer than 1 hour, until the tissue dies or falls off.
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Citations
83 Claims
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1-59. -59. (canceled)
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60. A method for dissecting obstructing urethral wall tissue, comprising:
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Capturing obstructing urethral wall tissue at least between two portions of an implant; and Applying axial pressure by said portions of said implant, on the obstructing urethral wall tissue caught between the portions of the implant, and continuously compressing said obstructing urethral wall tissue to exert a dissecting force on said obstructing urethral wall tissue, for longer than 1 hour, until the tissue dies or falls off the urethra, Wherein the distance between said two portions of said implant reduces until said distance is significantly smaller than the initial width of the captured obstructing urethral wall tissue portions being in contact with said two portions. - View Dependent Claims (61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79)
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80. A method of implanting an implant into a urethra, the urethra including obstructing tissue on the walls of the urethra, comprising:
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mounting the implant in an axially stretched state onto a probe suitable for insertion into the urethra, said implant having a plurality of adjacent portions, each pair of adjacent portions exhibiting a separating distance there between, when said implant is in said stretched state; inserting the probe into the urethra, with the implant in said axially stretched state; releasing the implant from the probe within said urethra, such that said implant axially condenses, to exert a dissecting force on said obstructing urethral wall tissue, until each said pair of adjacent portions exhibits substantially no separating distance there between and said obstructing tissue at least from urethral wall is caught between said portions of said implant; and maintaining said implant in the urethra until said obstructing tissue at least from the urethral wall dies or falls off the urethra. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83)
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