Woburn, Massachusetts (PRWEB) October 8, 2009 -- Pluromed, Inc. has announced that it has entered into an alliance with Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) regarding Pluromed's BackStop™ product, a device used in ureteroscopic kidney stone management procedures. Boston Scientific has acquired the worldwide distribution rights to BackStop. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
Kidney stone disease is estimated to affect millions of people worldwide. A common method of treating these stones is intracorporeal lithotripsy where the stones are fragmented using a laser or other energy modality in a minimally invasive procedure. Backstop™ is based on Pluromed's proprietary Rapid Transition Polymers™ (RTP™) that are liquid at low temperature and transition to a gel at body temperature; the transition is reversible via cooling and the gel is completely dissolvable. The BackStop gel forms a plug above the stones in the ureter and is designed to prevent stone migration during the procedure. After stone fragmentation is complete, the gel is dissolved with saline and exits the body. The BackStop product offers the potential to reduce operating time and complexity, and improve "stone free" rates for patients.
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