Patent ID: 11903812
Assignee: MOZARC MEDICAL US LLC
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method, comprising:
positioning a distal portion of a stent body of a stent and causing at least one distal petal attached to the distal portion to extend by using a resilient biasing of the at least one distal petal, wherein the resilient biasing causes a portion of the at least one distal petal to displace away from an exterior surface of the stent body, and wherein the stent body is configured to be positioned in a ureter of a patient when a distal end of the stent body positions substantially in a kidney of the patient and a proximal end of the stent body positions substantially in a bladder of the patient;
positioning a proximal portion of the stent body and causing at least one proximal petal attached to the proximal portion to extend by using a resilient biasing of the at least one proximal petal, wherein the resilient biasing causes a portion of the at least one proximal petal to displace away from the exterior surface of the stent body; and
displacing, using a suture, at least one of a distal petal of the at least one distal petal or a proximal petal of the at least one proximal petal toward the exterior surface of the stent body using a proximal force exerted on the suture, wherein the suture includes a first distal portion secured to the distal petal and a second distal portion secured to the proximal petal, and wherein the first distal portion extends distal to the second distal portion.