Patent ID: 8388691

Claim:
An apparatus, comprising: a ureteral stent having a distal end portion and a proximal end portion, the distal end portion defining a first lumen and a second lumen, the distal end portion configured to collapse in response to a force applied to the distal end portion such that the first lumen and the second lumen are each substantially occluded, the distal end portion defining a longitudinal axis, the proximal end portion having a first elongate member extending from the distal end portion in a first direction away from the longitudinal axis defined by the distal end portion and a second elongate member extending from the distal end portion in a second direction away from the longitudinal axis defined by the distal end portion, the second direction being different than the first direction, the first elongate member defining a lumen and the second elongate member defining a lumen, the lumen of the first elongate member being in fluid communication with the first lumen of the distal end portion, the lumen of the second elongate member being in fluid communication with the second lumen of the distal end portion, a side wall of the first elongate member defining an opening being in fluid communication with the lumen of the first elongate member, a side wall of the second elongate member defining an opening being in fluid communication with the lumen of the second elongate member, the first elongate member including an end portion coupled to an end portion of the second elongate member.