Patents Assigned to Prostaplant Ltd.
  • INTRAURETHRAL AND EXTRAURETHRAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20100130815
    Abstract: A method is provided, including distally advancing an implant through a urethra of a patient until the implant emerges in a bladder of the patient, and facilitating expanding of a pre-operative perimeter of a portion of the urethra to a post-operative perimeter of the portion of the urethra that is larger than the pre-operative perimeter by proximally retracting the implant and implanting the implant in prostate tissue surrounding the urethra. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: PROSTAPLANT LTD.
    Inventors: Yossi Gross, Eliahu Eliachar, Nir Lilach, Ram Grossfeld, Dan Sade
  • Implant and delivery tool therefor
    Patent number: 7632297
    Abstract: An implant system including a transurethral prostatic implant positioned in a prostate and including a lumen with an inner perimeter that surrounds an outer perimeter of a urethra at the prostate. The implant system may include a delivery tool including a shaft having a distal portion and an implant-holding portion proximal to the distal portion, the distal portion being sized for entry into a urethra, and the implant-holding portion being thicker than the distal portion, and an implant positioned on the implant-holding portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2009
    Assignee: Prostaplant Ltd.
    Inventor: Yosef Gross