Patent ID: 8603187

Claim:
An implantable device for removing prostate tissue from within the urethra, the implantable device is delivered by a delivery system into the urethra, when positioned within the urethra the implantable device disengages from the delivery system, the implantable device comprising: a plurality of arms, partially rotatable about a longitudinal axis of the urethra, said arms being divided into pairs of paired arms, each of said paired arms of each of said pairs being apart from each other in a first configuration and being adjoined against each other such that they restrict further rotation of each other, in a second configuration; and an actuating mechanism coupled to said arms, wherein said device is inserted in the urethra toward said prostate, in said first configuration and wherein after said device is placed adjacent to said prostate, within said urethra, said actuating mechanism moves each of said paired arms of each of said pairs toward each other until each of said paired arms adjoin each other and restrict further rotational movement of each other, thereby each of said pairs pinches said prostate through said urethra for inducing ischemia and necrosis in the pinched tissues.