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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A Mikulich, La Conversion, CH;
Claude O Clerc, Morges, CH;
Michael R Jedwab, Pully, CH;
Adrian Furrer, Morges, CH;
Alain Mariller, Pompaples, CH;
John H Burton, Minnentonka, MN (US);
Claude Tihon, Eden Prairie, MN (US);
Assignee:
AMS Medinvent, S.A., Crissier, CH;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M / ; A61F / ; A61F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604-8 ; 623-1 ; 623 12 ; 606195 ;
Abstract
A prostatic stent and method of manufacture. The stent has an elongate body defining a passage therethrough and includes a distal section, a mid-section and a proximal section. The elongate body has a length sufficient to extend distally from a bladder neck to a position somewhat short of the external sphincter. The proximal section has a shape conforming to the neck of the urinary bladder.