ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,296,123, issued on May 13, was assigned to ProArc Medical Ltd. (Yokne'am, Israel).
"Methods and devices for urethral treatment" was invented by Yair Feld (Haifa, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and methods are described for dilating a portion of a urethra surrounded by an enlarged prostate. The apparatus includes dilation device, and a delivery device including a balloon. The delivery device is configured to deliver the dilation device and the balloon to the portion of the urethra, while the dilation device is disposed in a helical configuration on the delivery device. Upon the balloon and the dilation device being dispos...