Affluent Medical SA said that its artificial sphincter, Artus, which treats stress urinary incontinence, was successfully implanted into the first patient. The company hopes that the device, which is the first artificial urinary sphincter that can be activated by the patient with a remote control, will be able to improve the quality of life of the millions of people suffering from urinary incontinence.
Amber Therapeutics Ltd. revealed positive data from the first-in-human investigation of its Amber-UI device, an implantable closed-loop bioelectrical therapy for urinary incontinence. Initial results highlight the safety and scalability of the Amber-UI therapy, which has the potential to meaningfully improve quality of life for patients dealing with the condition.
The Belgian academic Stefan De Wachter is seeking patent protection for methods of ensuring pelvic health and treating a disease or disorder characterized by a dysfunctional autonomic nervous system using neuromodulation and applying a burst stimulation pattern of electric pulses of high frequencies from electrodes located in the proximity of the sacral plexus and/or pelvic plexus.
Amber Therapeutics Ltd. has acquired Bioinduction Ltd. as well as its neuromodulation therapy platform, Picostim Dyneumo. Amber is currently using the platform, an implantable system to deliver its closed-loop therapy for mixed urinary incontinence, Amber-UI, in a first-in-human study. With early indications confirming the safety and feasibility of the surgical procedure and adaptive therapy, it made sense to acquire the hardware which allows for the therapy to work, CEO Aidan Crawley, CEO and co-founder of Amber told BioWorld.
Amber Therapeutics Ltd. reported that three patients have been fitted with its closed loop bioelectrical stimulation device, which it says is the first to modulate the pudendal nerve to directly address urinary continence (UI).
