ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,023, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to MEDI-TATE LTD. (Hadera, Israel).
"Urethral implant" was invented by Ido Kilemnik (Haniel, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A urethral-implant is configured to be implanted within a restricted location of a urethra. The urethral-implant forms at least one closed-shape by coiling ends of a single wire section on each other. The closed-shape includes a distal section, a proximal section and two lateral sections extending between the proximal section and the distal section. The closed-shape exhibits an expanded configuration and is foldable into a compressed configuration. The urethral-implan...