CPC A61B 17/320725 (2013.01) [A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00274 (2013.01); A61B 2017/2945 (2013.01); A61B 2017/32096 (2013.01); A61B 2018/00547 (2013.01); A61F 2002/048 (2013.01); A61F 2220/0016 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0058 (2013.01); A61F 2230/006 (2013.01); A61F 2230/0076 (2013.01); A61F 2250/0059 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |
1. A method for expanding a constricted location of a urethra of a subject, the method comprising:
inserting a urethral implant, and an implant sheath that covers said urethral implant, through said urethra for implanting said urethral implant in said constricted location, said urethral implant being in a compressed configuration within said implant sheath;
releasing said urethral implant from said implant sheath until said urethral implant exits from said implant sheath, thereby expanding said urethral implant from said compressed configuration to an expanded configuration;
applying, by said urethral implant, continuous pressure on tissues of said urethra at said constricted location; and
retracting said implant sheath from said urethra;
wherein said urethral implant comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and four wires extending between said proximal end and said distal end, and creating incisions in said tissues of said urethra at said constricted location, wherein a shape of the wires is a polygon.
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