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Apparatus and method for manipulating or retracting tissue and anatomical structure

  • US 7,780,682 B2
  • Filed: 08/03/2007
  • Issued: 08/24/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for deploying at an interventional site an anchor assembly including a plurality of anchor components attached to a connector, comprising:

  • inserting a device housing the plurality of anchor components and connector into a penis and advancing until a distal end is in an urethra adjacent the interventional site;

    positioning a first anchor component at a first side of a prostate target tissue;

    positioning a first portion of the connector through the prostate target tissue and a second portion of the connector at a second side of the prostate target tissue in the urethra; and

    positioning a second anchor component at the first side of the prostate target tissue and a third portion of the connector through the prostate target tissue wherein the connector retracts the urethra.

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