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US 2021/0267780 A1Published application
Solid Wire Ureteral Stent
AssigneeGyrus ACMI, Inc. d.b.a. Olympus Surgical Technologies America
InventorAlexander Carroux
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a solid wire and a delivery catheter. The solid wire being provided with one or more retention mechanisms at a proximal end, a distal end, or both. The delivery catheter being capable of maintaining the one or more retention mechanisms in a delivery configuration. The one or more retention mechanisms are configured to expand to a deployed configuration upon removal of the delivery catheter.
Claims1
A ureteral stent, comprising:
- a solid wire, the solid wire being provided with one or more retention mechanisms at a proximal end, a distal end, or both;
- a delivery catheter, the delivery catheter being capable of maintaining the one or more retention mechanisms in a delivery configuration;
- wherein the one or more retention mechanisms are configured to expand to a deployed configuration upon removal of the delivery catheter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.