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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 04, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2007
Theodore Charles Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, Iii, San Leandro, CA (US);
Jacqueline Nerney Welch, Pacifica, CA (US);
Amrish Jayprakash Walke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Claude Vidal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Russell J. Redmond, Goleta, CA (US);
Michael Collinson, Goleta, CA (US);
Theodore Charles Lamson, Pleasanton, CA (US);
Joshua Makower, Los Altos, CA (US);
Joseph Catanese, III, San Leandro, CA (US);
Jacqueline Nerney Welch, Pacifica, CA (US);
Amrish Jayprakash Walke, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Claude Vidal, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Russell J. Redmond, Goleta, CA (US);
Michael Collinson, Goleta, CA (US);
NeoTract, Inc., Pleasanton, CA (US);
Abstract
Devices, systems and methods for compressing, cutting, incising, reconfiguring, remodeling, attaching, repositioning, supporting, dislocating or altering the composition of tissues or anatomical structures to alter their positional or force relationship to other tissues or anatomical structures. In some applications, the invention may be used to used to improve patency or fluid flow through a body lumen or cavity (e.g., to limit constriction of the urethra by an enlarged prostate gland).