Devices, systems and methods for treating benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions

US7914542B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• NeoTract, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Theodore C. Lamson · Pleasanton, US
• Joshua Makower · Los Altos, US
• Joseph Catanese, III · San Leandro, US
• Jacqueline Nerney Welch · Moraga, US
• Amrish Jayprakash Walke · Mountain View, US
• Claude Vidal · Lompoc, US
• Russell J. Redmond · Goleta, US
• Michael Collinson · Goleta, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 13, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2011
• Expiry date: May 2, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61F2002/041
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).