Summary
- Profile Type
- Technology offer
- POD Reference
- TOCZ20241007015
- Term of Validity
- 15 October 2024 - 15 October 2025
- Company's Country
- Czechia
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
- Targeted Countries
- All countries
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General information
- Short Summary
- A Czech university hospital has developed novel medical device that enables to dilate narrow channels that arise after the standard insertion of thin drains into a cavity, hollow organ, or pathological area. They search for a partner to bring the technology to the market. Prototype has been tested in vivo on the pig model.
- Full Description
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A Czech university hospital whose history dates back to 1887 possesses solid research and development facilities where it runs multiple domestic and international R&D projects. Currently, they would like to bring one of their technology to the market.
Currently, common solid or flexible dilators or braided stents are used to secure and dilate entrances into body cavities (pleural and abdominal), necrotic and infected cavities in the retroperitoneum or into hollow organs through the body surface.
The disadvantage of such procedures is the possibility of damaging surrounding tissues and the risk of deformation of the created channel due to the thick subcutaneous layer and muscle during the insertion of the dilator. With braided stents supplemented with dilation balloons, it is very problematic to achieve an uniformly dilated channel and to remove the braided stent due to possible tissue ingrowth and adhesion of the stent to the surroundings. The disadvantage of braided stents is also their high price.
Our researchers has developed new dilation system to dilate narrow channels that arise after the standard insertion of thin drains into a cavity, hollow organ, or pathological area. The insertion is often done under ultrasound or X-ray control. The newly developed dilatation system is designed to allow the expansion of the channel through which the thin drain is inserted. The uniqueness of the new system lies in the designed dilator set that allows a larger diameter dilator to be inserted into a smaller diameter dilator. This procedure is repeated until a desired width of the channel is achieved. Thus, the channel gradually and gently expands and eventually allows the insertion of thicker drain. The new method of dilation reduces damage of surrounding tissues that might be caused by dilation. The depth of the inserted dilator is determined by a fixation device (fixation ring), which can be used to safely set the depth of the dilated channel.
The invention is primarily intended for the insertion of thicker drains in patients with infectious and necrotic deposits in the abdominal cavity, retroperitoneum, or chest cavity. However, it is also suitable for dilating entrances to hollow organs (trachea, stomach, uterus, urinary system). It can also be used during laparoscopic procedures. - Advantages and Innovations
- The new method of dilation reduces damage to surrounding tissues that might be caused by dilation. New method is simple to use and allows the physician to easily dilate desired width of the channel. It is also cheaper compared to standard braided stents.
- Technical Specification or Expertise Sought
- Global impact and experiences with MDR.
- Stage of Development
- Available for demonstration
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
- IPR status
- IPR applied but not yet granted
Partner Sought
- Expected Role of a Partner
- University Hospital is searching for a partner, licensee, that would bring new system to the market.
- Type and Size of Partner
- SME 11-49
- Big company
- SME 50 - 249
- Type of partnership
- Commercial agreement with technical assistance
Dissemination
- Technology keywords
- 06001017 - Surgery
- 06001013 - Medical Technology / Biomedical Engineering
- Market keywords
- 05004004 - Medical instruments
- 05005019 - 'Surgery and Anaesthesiology
- 05004006 - Surgical instrumentation and equipment
- 05005008 - Internal medicine
- 05005004 - Gastroenterology
- Sector Groups Involved
- Health
- Targeted countries
- All countries