Boston Scientific is releasing in the U.S. and Europe its new Dakota nitinol kidney stone retrieval device with OpenSure handle. The device is intended to allow physicians to grab on and release kidney stones between 1 mm and 10 mm in diameter using a basket that’s carefully manipulated via the sliding handle contoller.
The nitinol memory alloy basket can be used to grab onto, move, and release a number of stones within the same procedure. This can be very helpful in treating patients with situations more complicated than a single stone blocking the urinary tract.
“The Dakota Retrieval Device with OpenSure Handle offers innovative technology that helps me solve some of the challenges faced during ureteroscopy procedures,” said Roger Sur, M.D., director, Comprehensive Kidney Stone Center, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, in a statement. “I can extract a variety of stone sizes and compositions and make multiple passes during one procedure to help patients become stone free.”
Here’s a Boston Scientific video introducing the Dakota device:
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