摘要:
[Object] The present invention is intended to provide a urethral stricture treatment agent and a urethral stricture treatment method capable of avoiding restenosis by a less invasive transurethral endoscopic procedure in urethral stricture treatment. [Solution] A urethral stricture treatment agent including at least a hydrogel-forming polymer, and having a storage elastic modulus of 50 Pa or less at 10°C and a storage elastic modulus of 100 Pa or more at 37°C. A urethral stricture treatment method at least including injecting the urethral stricture treatment agent cooled to 10°C or lower into an inner surface of urethra which has been incised with a transurethral endoscopic procedure, and holding the urethral stricture treatment agent in the inner surface of urethra at a temperature not lower than a room temperature. [Selected Drawing] None
摘要:
Certain configurations are directed to a syringe configured to provide tactile feedback and that permits injection of a plurality of individual metered volumes. In some embodiments, the syringe can be used to inject a metered volume of a botulinum toxin at each of a plurality of separate sites of a bladder wall to treat overactive bladder.
摘要:
Methods are provided for producing a bioscaffold from natural tissues by oxidizing a decellularized tissue to produce a bioscaffold having pores therein. The pore size and porosity is increased to better accommodate intact cells so that live cells can better infiltrate and inhabit the bioscaffold. The bioscaffold may be freeze-dried or lyophilized, sterilized and (optionally) aseptically packaged for subsequent use. A further aspect of the present invention is a bioscaffold produced by the processes described herein. Methods of treatment using the bioscaffold as a graft or as a biomedical implant for implantation are also provided. Also provided are methods of seeding a bioscaffold with mammalian cells, wherein the seeding carried out either in vitro or in vivo, and wherein a bioscaffold produced as described herein is utilized for said seeding.