Method of anchoring an implant in a urethra

Abstract

A delivery tube for image-assisted positioning an implantable expander in a prostatic urethra. An implantable biocompatible expander suitable for implantation into a urinary duct is resiliently deformable from a relaxed radially expanded orientation to a radially contracted orientation suitable for transluminal delivery through the urinary duct. The expander may be configured to exert an outward radial force against a wall of the urinary duct when in-situ within the urinary duct. In particular, the expander is suitable for treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia and configured for implantation into the prostatic urethra between, and substantially spanning the prostatic urethra between, the bladder neck and external sphincter.

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