New frames for tubes ensure critical patients can breathe comfortably.
Colostomies are used after colorectal surgery, often after cancer. Now a Paris-based startup wants to give those affected the chance to avoid them altogether.
The team’s device comprises a stent with an attached film tube and a thin second tube, connected to an external vacuum pump.
The stent is placed above the seam, with the vacuum pump sucking the intestinal tissue towards the stent via the thin tube. The stool is then transported through the film tube to the anus, where it is excreted.
The device can later be removed endoscopically. Initial studies showed the device offered 95.8% protection from faecal contact.
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