Incising implant for the prostatic urethra
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1. An incising implant for the prostatic urethra of a subject, the incising implant comprising:
- at least two wires, the at least two wires comprising closed-shaped wires, each of said wires having a proximal section, a distal section and a plurality of longitudinal sections extending along a length between said proximal section and said distal section, each of said wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, said longitudinal sections of each of said wires being adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of said wires along said length, in an open configuration of said incising implant to allow said incising implant to incise tissue in said prostatic urethra, said at least two wires diverge at the distal sections so that said distal sections form a simple closed curve shape at a terminus of said incising implant in said open configuration; and
an anchor, said anchor being closed-shaped and extending outwardly from at least one of said proximal sections and through one of said closed-shaped wires in said open configuration.
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Abstract
An incising implant for creating incisions in the prostatic urethra of a subject, the implant including at least two closed-shaped wires, each of the wires having a proximal section, a distal section and two longitudinal sections extending between the proximal section and the distal section, each of the closed-shaped wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, each of the longitudinal sections of each of the wires being adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of the wires.
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1. An incising implant for the prostatic urethra of a subject, the incising implant comprising:
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at least two wires, the at least two wires comprising closed-shaped wires, each of said wires having a proximal section, a distal section and a plurality of longitudinal sections extending along a length between said proximal section and said distal section, each of said wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, said longitudinal sections of each of said wires being adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of said wires along said length, in an open configuration of said incising implant to allow said incising implant to incise tissue in said prostatic urethra, said at least two wires diverge at the distal sections so that said distal sections form a simple closed curve shape at a terminus of said incising implant in said open configuration; and an anchor, said anchor being closed-shaped and extending outwardly from at least one of said proximal sections and through one of said closed-shaped wires in said open configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An implant for the prostatic urethra of a subject, the implant comprising:
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at least two wires being closed-shaped wires, each wire having a proximal section, a distal section and a plurality of longitudinal sections extending between said proximal section and said distal section, each of said wires being elastic thereby being compressible into a compressed configuration, at least one longitudinal section of each of said wires being at least partially adjoined with another longitudinal section of another one of said wires, said closed-shaped wires diverge from each other at distal ends of the closed-shaped wires in an open configuration of said implant; and an anchor, said anchor including at least two anchor sections, said at least two anchor sections being distinct from said at least two wires, said at least two anchor sections are coupled with said proximal section of said closed-shaped wires, at least one anchor section extends from said proximal section of one of said at least two wires, and at least another anchor section extends from said proximal section of another one of said at least two wires, said at least two anchor sections extending outwardly and being united together in a termination of said anchor; wherein said implant is implantable in said prosthetic urethra of said subject, said wires are configured for applying pressure on surrounding tissues of said prosthetic urethra in said open configuration of said implant. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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