Patent ID: 8721520

Claim:
An implant delivery system configured to deliver an inflatable implant into a bladder via a urethra, the delivery system comprising: an elongate tubular body sized to pass through a urethra into a bladder, the tubular body comprising: a central lumen configured to hold an inflatable implant in an initial un-inflated state for delivery of the implant into the bladder; an atraumatic tip at a distal most end; and a lateral opening in a sidewall of the elongate tubular body, the lateral opening positioned proximally from the atraumatic tip and operable to deliver the inflatable implant laterally from the central lumen and into the bladder away from a wall of the bladder; an inflation tube positioned within the central lumen of the tubular body, the inflation tube configured to couple with the inflatable implant to allow inflation of the inflatable implant from within the tubular body; and an implant decoupler positioned within the central lumen of the tubular body around the inflation tube, the implant decoupler configured to decouple the inflatable implant from the inflation tube after inflation of the inflatable implant from the un-inflated state to an inflated state.