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Product Name: Urology
Product Description
Following the treatment of certain obstructive diseases, temporary urological stents are frequently used to allow patients to void, to prevent tissue from regrowing and leading to restricted urine flow, and in cases to assist in the removal of small stones. For example, stents are used to facilitate urine flow and passage of kidney stone fragments after lithotripsy (crushing of stones by mechanical force or sound waves), as well as to allow free urine flow following the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia, a condition characterized by the enlargement of the prostate gland which can block the normal flow of urine. However, the currently available, non-absorbable stents have several disadvantages. Not only must these stents be removed in a subsequent procedure, but this removal procedure can be difficult and painful as tissue can begin to grow over these devices shortly after implantation.
Company Details
Regenerative medicine – the use of products to restore, maintain, or improve tissue function – is still a relatively new industry. When Tepha was formed, relatively few major companies had programs in this field. Recently, the... more
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