The stone sweeper device is a technological miracle that works to widen the ureter in order to facilitate the removal of kidney stones. The device has received clearance from the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Before submitting the 510 k application, the co-founders of Fossa, Gloria Kolb and Dr. Michael Mitchell conducted animal trials (on pigs) with excellent outcomes for passively dilating the ureter and removing kidney stones. It is these results that made the FDA approval procedure easier!
The idea of this device occurred to the two co-founders four years ago while discussing about the possibility of such a device. Then followed the brainstorming sessions and discussions about a device that would leave no room for inefficiencies and mistakes in the operating room. The stone sweeper thus designed is a stone removal system that includes a stent that is inserted through the urethra and into the ureter. Once in place, a sheath is removed, allowing a series of baskets along the length to expand. This allows two things: the ureter to dilate and the stones to be caught or swept into the baskets for direct removal.
Kolb, who is known for her hip implants and medical instruments that she once designed for Johnson & Johnson, has designed an equally innovative kidney stone removal device. Kolb and Mitchell have already garnered as much as $400,000 from investors and another $50,000 from various business plan competitions, to commercialize the kidney stone sweeper and other devices. The aim is to raise another $4 million to bring the device to the estimated 2 million Americans who suffer from kidney stones each year.
This invention enables you to speak with your car adjust stereo preferences as well as taking phone calls in your car with the built in car phone. Without worrying about actually, looking for the correct button to press this is a huge safety improvement that is also awesome for helping improve the luxury look of one of the most excellentcars on the market today.
When you are able to change tracks on your CD player, and even turn the music on or off without ever touching a button you know you are driving a cocoon of technology and that is the aim that BMW strive to provide. From the ability to simply move your head yes or no to answer a phone to simple hand gestures that operate your radio you are discovering new way of controlling the accessories in your car.
Imagine too that the same car has the intelligence to know where cars are near you and the speed in which they are moving. This technology is called Lane Change Assist that is being developed. With the technology, being developed it is a great task that will activate red lights to indicate in the side mirrors if it is not safe to change lanes. Talk about an extremely smart car that is able to help reduce the number of side collisions each year.
Add on top of these huge safety features the fact that simply put they are awesome extensions of technology and you have a magnificent car that is build with the driver in mind. Imagine, if this is what they are planning for the near future models what can be expected from BMW in the further future. It is almost impossible to ever say honestly that BMW is a follower, with this cool technology emerging from their development labs it is obvious BMW aims to please everyone and have the rest of the car manufacturers follow on their heels.
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