Cook Urological, a supplier of private medical devices, has developed a new kidney stone extractor which it claims will significantly improve irrigation and better visibility during stone removal procedures.
The extractor is engineered to reduce trauma to the surrounding tissue, while the flexibility of Nitinol, a shape-memory alloy that is a metallic material containing nickel and titanium, allows for expedient capture and release of stones.
Kidney stones are one of the most common disorders of the urinary tract: about 3 in 20 men and 1 in 20 women in the UK will develop a kidney stone at some point in their lifetime.
