US 12,268,411 B2
Radial cutter implant
Ido Kilemnik, Haniel (IL)
Assigned to MEDI-TATE LTD., Or Akiva (IL)
Filed by Medi-Tate Ltd., Or Akiva (IL)
Filed on Jun. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/329,470.
Application 18/329,470 is a continuation of application No. 15/782,754, filed on Oct. 12, 2017, granted, now 11,969,183.
Application 15/782,754 is a continuation of application No. 13/141,307, granted, now 9,848,905, issued on Dec. 26, 2017, previously published as PCT/IL2009/001207, filed on Dec. 22, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/288,426, filed on Dec. 21, 2009.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/139,718, filed on Dec. 22, 2008.
Prior Publication US 2023/0310024 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 17/3207 (2006.01); A61F 2/94 (2013.01); A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61B 17/29 (2006.01); A61B 17/3209 (2006.01); A61B 18/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01)
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
OG exemplary drawing
 
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.