The flexible, compliant Y-shaped Tracheal Stent System aids in the treatment of malignant neoplasms at the tracheobronchial carina. The device is effective in providing relief for patients with ...

"Using commercial non-biodegradable metal or silicone based tracheal stents has a risk of severe complications and doesn't achieve optimal clinical outcomes, even in adults," said Prashant N.

A set of ventilating bronchoscopes ... dilation of tracheal or bronchial strictures, relief of airway obstruction, insertion of stents, and pediatric bronchoscopy. It is also used for ...

A tracheal T-tube is shaped like the letter ... but similar patient-specific 3D printed lower airway Y-stents do have FDA approval. A Y-stent is used to relieve obstructions in the lower airways ...

Premature discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy is the most important predictor of stent thrombosis; therefore, patients who are candidates for implantation of drug-eluting stents should be ...

Doctors in Sweden have performed the first-ever implant of a synthetic ... In the past, people with tracheal tumors have been treated with chemotherapy, radiation or a stent to try to keep the ...