14 DAY TRIAL // Several years into the business, Olympus America Inc. has recently launched its new product, the X-Suit NIR® biliary metallic stent, designed specifically for increased comfort, flexibility and radial support.
The main purpose of the new device is to relieve some of the pain that pancreatic, liver and bile duct cancer patients feel on account of their conditions. Stents are artificial tube-like structures, which are implanted in natural passages/conduits in the body, in order to prevent flow constriction.
“Olympus provides the most extensive line of GI products and services in the industry. X-Suit is a good example of how Olympus remains dedicated to expanding its offerings and working with the world's top medical experts to provide solutions that best suit the needs of its customers and their patients,” said of the new product Eric Halvorson, the OAI Medical Systems Group chief marketing officer.
The new medical device, made entirely of Nitinol, employs X-Suit NIR's proprietary NIRflex™ cell design, and is constructed in such a manner that it can provide its full benefits to a wide range of duct types. The stent is entirely water-cut and electro-polished, which ensures that it has a much greater durability than similar devices. In addition, it's rounded at the edges, which means that the damage it inflicts on the surrounding tissue is minimal, the company also announced.
The X-Suit features a large number of markers on either end and on its middle portion, which facilitates its deployment. A number of similar products don't have such markers, which makes it very hard on doctors to place them in the correct position, or to assess their current orientation in patients complaining of pain. With the new technology employed in the OAI devices, a simple X-ray shows the position of the stent, and allows physicians to complete a full analysis of the situation before attempting to intervene.