IMPLANTABLE BILIARY OR PANCREATIC STENT AND MANUFACTURE METHOD THEREOF

An implantable biliary or pancreatic stent for implanting in the gastrointestinal tract having a first end for placing in the bile duct or the pancreatic duct and a second end for placing in the duodenum, the first end including a pressure sensor arranged to measure bile duct or pancreatic duct pres...

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Hauptverfasser: BRAGANÇA, Pedro, GONÇALVES DOS REIS, Rui Luís, ANTUNES BARROS, Alexandre António, DA CUNHA FERNANDES, Helena Filipa, SIMÕES COSTA, Hugo Filipe, DA CRUZ PEIXOTO, Pedro Tiago, RODRIGUES DE LIMA, Estevão Augusto, CARVALHEIRA NEVES, Sara, GONÇALVES DE MATOS, Bruno Guilherme, PIRES SEPÚLVEDA, Catarina, FERNANDES DA SILVA ANDRADE LEITE, André Filipe, DA SILVA SOARES, Juliana Patrícia
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:An implantable biliary or pancreatic stent for implanting in the gastrointestinal tract having a first end for placing in the bile duct or the pancreatic duct and a second end for placing in the duodenum, the first end including a pressure sensor arranged to measure bile duct or pancreatic duct pressure, respectively, and the second end including a pressure sensor arranged to measure duodenal pressure. Each pressure sensor can include an electronic circuit with electronic components and a substrate for receiving the electronic circuit and electronic components, wherein said substrate is a flexible membrane. The flexible membrane can be a sleeve surrounding the stent, or the flexible membrane can be a flexible tube that is part of a thin tube that forms the stent, in particular the flexible membrane can have a thickness of 80-150 μm. A manufacturing method is disclosed for providing said implantable biliary or pancreatic stent.