Implant
AssigneeOlympus Winter & Ibe GmbH
InventorsChristian Brockmann, Martin Horn
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Abstract
An implant with which prostates of different sizes can be treated is achieved by the fact that the length of a deployed implant is modifiable to a variable extent. Through the change of length of a stretched-out wire structure of the implant, the implant can be adapted individually to the patient anatomy and the outcome of treatment can thus be improved.
Claims14
A removable implant for treating a urinary tract of a person by application of a local ischemic pressure to tissue of urinary organs comprising a wire structure with at least two wires, the implant in a folded state being insertable, with a distal end to the front, into a urethra and being deployed to provide the wire structure in the urethra in order to treat the tissue, wherein a length of the implant is modifiable to a variable extent,
- wherein the removable implant further comprises a sleeve configured to be pushed over a proximal end region of the at least two wires, the sleeve being freely displaceable over the proximal end region of the wires, and
- wherein when the length of the implant is shortened via displacement of the sleeve, the sleeve is entirely located between the proximal end region of the implant and a distal end of the implant, such that at least a portion of the wire structure is exposed at the proximal end region.
A removable implant for treating a urinary tract of a person by application of a local ischemic pressure to tissue of urinary organs comprising a wire structure with at least two wires, the implant in a folded state being insertable, with a distal end to the front, into a urethra and being deployed to provide the wire structure in the urethra in order to treat the tissue, and having a holding element, by which the position of the implant inside the urinary tract is able to be fixed, wherein a length of the holding element is modifiable to a variable extent,
- wherein the removable implant further comprises a sleeve configured to be pushed over a proximal end region of the at least two wires, the sleeve being freely displaceable over the proximal end region of the wires, and
- wherein when the length of the implant is shortened via displacement of the sleeve, the sleeve is entirely located between the proximal end region of the implant and a distal end of the implant, such that at least a portion of the wire structure is exposed at the proximal end region.
A removable implant for treating a urinary tract of a person by application of a local ischemic pressure to tissue of urinary organs comprising a wire structure with at least two wires, the implant in a folded state being insertable, with a distal end to the front, into a urethra and being deployed to provide the wire structure in the urethra in order to treat the tissue, and having a holding element, by which the position of the implant inside the urinary tract is able to be fixed, wherein, a length of the implant and the length of the holding element are modifiable to a variable extent,
- wherein the removable implant further comprises a sleeve configured to be pushed over a proximal end region of the at least two wires, the sleeve being freely displaceable over the proximal end region of the wires, and
- wherein when the length of the implant is shortened via displacement of the sleeve, the sleeve is entirely located between the proximal end region of the implant and a distal end of the implant, such that at least a portion of the wire structure is exposed at the proximal end region.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.