US 12,076,226 B2
Urological implant having extraction handle and/or arched members
Yehuda Bachar, Givaat Shmuel (IL)
Filed by BUTTERFLY MEDICAL LTD., Yokneam (IL)
Filed on Dec. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/089,627.
Application 18/089,627 is a division of application No. 16/770,602, filed on Jun. 7, 2020, granted, now 11,571,290.
Application 16/770,602 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IL2018/051321, filed on Dec. 3, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/644,627, filed on Mar. 19, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0200972 A1, Jun. 29, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61F 2/95 (2013.01); A61F 2/962 (2013.01)
CPC A61F 2/04 (2013.01) [A61F 2/9517 (2020.05); A61F 2/962 (2013.01); A61F 2002/048 (2013.01); A61F 2002/9528 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An implant for retracting or/and supporting a prostatic urethra wall, the implant having
an elongated implant body defining a longitudinal channel having a longitudinal axis, extending between a cranial end and a caudal end of said implant body;
a median plane including said longitudinal axis said median plane having an anterior-posterior axis perpendicular to said longitudinal axis;
a lateral axis perpendicular to said median plane and including a crossing point of said anterior-posterior axis and said longitudinal axis;
a pair of longitudinal ribs located on opposite sides of said median plane and posterior to said longitudinal axis;
a cranial-most connecting member connecting each of said pair of longitudinal ribs to a first apex located on said median plane anterior to said pair of longitudinal ribs, wherein in an unstressed configuration said cranial-most connecting member extends laterally and posteriorly from said first apex to each said respective longitudinal rib of said pair of longitudinal ribs;
a cranial-most connecting member located caudal to said cranial connecting member and connecting each of said pair of longitudinal ribs to a second apex located on said median plane caudal to said first apex and anterior to said pair of longitudinal ribs, wherein in an unstressed configuration said cranial-most connecting member extends laterally and posteriorly from said second apex to each said longitudinal rib of said pair of longitudinal ribs;
wherein said caudal anterior apex is cranial to each said connection between said caudal-most connecting member and each of said longitudinal ribs.