FDA permits marketing of urinary prosthesis device for women

["FDA Office of Women's Health" <fda@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Title: FDA permits marketing of urinary prosthesis device for women

	October 2014 http://www.fda.gov/womens FDA permits marketing of urinary prosthesis device for women The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today allowed marketing of the inFlow Intraurethral Valve-Pump, a replaceable urinary prosthesis for use in female adults who cannot contract the muscles necessary to push urine out of the bladder (impaired detrusor contractility or IDC).  IDC is a condition where patients are unable to spontaneously urinate due to insufficient bladder muscle contraction, which can result from significant neurologic disease or injury such as stroke, multiple sclerosis, spinal cord injury, spina bifida or diabetic neuropathy. Read more Please share this update with your network, members, constituents, and community. FDA Office of Women’s Health 10903 New Hampshire Avenue WO32 - Room 2333 Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002 301-796-9440

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