US 2014/0005690 A1 · FLEXIBLE SYSTEM FOR DELIVERING AN ANCHOR

Abstract

A system and associated method for manipulating tissues and anatomical or other structures in medical applications for the purpose of treating diseases or disorders or other purposes. In one aspect, the system includes a delivery device including a flexible portion that is suited to access target anatomy. The flexibility of an elongate portion of the delivery device can be varied. Additionally, the delivery device can include structure that maintains the positioning of the delivery device in patient anatomy.

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Dependent claims

A system for treating benign prostatic hypertrophy, comprising:

an anchor assembly;
and
a delivery device housing the anchor assembly, the delivery device including a flexible elongate portion extending from a handle and a controllable position stability mechanism, the elongate portion being sized and shaped to be advanced within a prostatic urethra.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/538,758Filed 29 Jun 2012

Published

2 Jan 2014

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification25 codes

A61B 17/0401
For suturing wounds; Holders or packages for needles or suture materials: suture anchors, buttons or pledgets, i.e. means for attaching sutures to…
A61B 1/00148
Holding or positioning arrangements: using anchoring means
A61B 1/00183
Characterised by the viewing angles: for variable viewing angles
A61B 17/0644
Surgical staples, i.e. penetrating the tissue: penetrating the tissue, deformable to closed position

Flexible system for delivering an anchor

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Flexible system for delivering an anchor

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Abstract

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