The main purpose of the urinary system is to eliminate waste from the body through the excretion of urine. The system also handles other important functions such as the regulation of blood pressure and volume, controlling of electrolyte and metabolite levels and regulation of blood acidity.
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Pnn Medical A/S was established in 1987 to improve the quality of life for people suffering from urinary tract obstructions. Since launch more than 90.000 units of the second-generation urological stent Memokath™ have been inserted worldwide and continue to treat urinary tract obstructions every day.
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Memokath™ is a unique range of biocompatible nickel-titanium stents used to safely counteract urinary tract obstructions. Learn more about Memokath™ and each product group below.
Memokath™ is a urological stent produced in advanced nickel-titanium alloy with memory-shape effect, developed with the aim of providing free flow of urine through obstructions in the urinary system. Memokath™ stents have a tight spiral structure which allow it to conform and adapt to the natural curves of the urinary tract, while making tissue in-growth between the coils difficult. The Memokath™ range consists of five different product groups each customized to treat obstructions in their respective areas of the urinary system.
Memokath™ is inserted unexpanded into the desired location in the urinary system. Once positioned correctly across the stricture, sterile water above 55°C is flushed through the system, allowing the advanced nickel-titanium formula to expand either one, or both ends of the coil. The expansions act as anchors keeping Memokath™ safely in place, allowing urine to flow freely. When exchange of Memokath™ is desired, sterile water below 7°C is flushed through the system softening the coils whereby Memokath™ can be removed as easily as it was inserted.
Unlike early examples of urological metallic stents, Memokath™ is easily removable due to its advanced NiTinol-formula, and can safely be exchanged, or removed altogether even after years insitu.
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The Memokath™ Stent Program has been developed and improved over time through dedicated R&D efforts and aspirations of providing the highest quality of life for patients suffering from urinary tract obstructions. The Memokath™ Stent Program offers solutions to all common strictures and obstructions in the urinary system and continues to hold relevance among an ever growing selection of competing treatment regimens.
Please visit Clinical Evidence to learn about the body of clinical and health-economic evidence for the Memokath™ range.
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