Drug-dispensing urethral implant

Abstract

An implant for the urethra of a subject, the implant including at least two struts, an anchor, and at least one drug dispensing wire, the at least two struts extending longitudinally between a proximal end and a distal end of the implant, each of the struts being flexible between a compressed configuration that enables delivery of the implant to a stricture in the urethra, and an expanded configuration that facilitates expansion of the stricture; the anchor extending outwardly from at least one of the proximal end the distal end, for anchoring the implant; the least one drug dispensing wire, adjoined to and extending longitudinally along, at least one of the struts, the drug dispensing wire is embedded with a drug for releasing into the urethra.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.