BIODEGRADABLE URETERAL STENTS, METHODS AND USES THEREOF

• Main Authors: RODRIGUES DE LIMA, Estêvão Augusto, CRUZ DUARTE, Ana Rita, RIBEIRO OLIVEIRA, Carlos André, GONÇALVES DOS REIS, Rui Luis, ANTUNES BARROS, Alexandre António
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 07.06.2023
• Subjects: CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL

The present disclosure relates to biodegradable ureteral stents comprising an anti-cancer drug, and to a composition for use in medicine that may be used to ensure patency of a channel, namely a mammal ureter, for example, an obstructed ureter by a urinary stone, neoplasia or by a surgical procedure...