Novatech®-GSS™
X-ray visibility plus tissue monitoring.
- Novatech®-GSS™ on X-ray
NOVATECH® GSS™ Gold Studded Stents - a decisive innovation related to the famous Tracheobronxane™ Dumon® stents - is made of transparent implant grade silicone with studs filled with gold and barium sulfate, combining good x-ray visibility with optimized endoscopic tissue monitoring, i.e. X-ray visibility plus tissue monitoring.
NOVATECH and the LOT number are imprinted on each GSS™. This way, the stent can easily be traced back to its origin if necessary.
The GSS™ comes sterile in blister packaging with Instructions for Use, patient card, adhesive stickers for documentation, and a single dose of 
SILIK’ON™ SD, a sterile silicone oil, implantable for more than 29 days and perfectly suited for stent placement.
Indications
Maintaining airway patency after desobstruction or dilatation of a stenosis, in particular in the following cases:
- tracheobronchial tumors
- tracheal stenoses with scarring
- bronchial stenoses following surgical resection and anastomosis
- bronchial stenoses following pulmonary transplantation
- In general, in any case of reduction of airway diameter due to intrinsic or extrinsic compression.
Features
Transparency and radio-opacity
Large collection for perfect adaption
Large collection for perfect adaption
The key condition for perfect tolerance of the stents is to use a stent which is perfectly adapted to the patient’s needs. For this reason and in order to be prepared for any situation, it is essential to provide the physician with a basic line of different stent types, diameters and lengths.
The stents must not be cut in order to avoid the risk of granulation and to ensure mucociliary clearance (please refer to the Instructions for Use).
Anti-migration stud system
Anti-migration stud system
The patented stud design minimizes the risk of migration of the GSS™ by fixing it between the cartilaginous rings of the tracheo-bronchial tree. The stent design inhibits cough reflexes. The studs reduce direct contact between the stent surface and the mucosa and distribute compressive forces evenly among the small stud surfaces.
Non-adherent smooth surface
Bevelled ends
Removability
Application
- Placement and removal with a rigid bronchoscope. Novatech advises the use of the Tonn / Novatech applicator to safely place Dumon® Stents.
NOVATECH® GSS™ Silicone Stents