Patents Assigned to Medi-Tate
  • Patent number: 8603187
    Abstract: Device for removing prostate tissue from within the urethra, the device including a plurality of arms, and an actuating mechanism coupled to the arms, the arms being rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the urethra, the arms being divided into arm pairs, each of the arm pair being apart from each other in a first configuration and attempting to get closer to each other, in a second configuration, wherein the device is inserted in the urethra toward the prostate, in the first configuration, and wherein after the device is placed adjacent to the prostate, within the urethra, the actuating mechanism moves the arms to the second configuration, thereby pinching the prostate through the urethra.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Medi-Tate
    Inventors: Ido Kilemnick, Oded Loebl