Intra-abdominal balloon device

CONDITION ADDRESSED: Atonic uterus

Treatment
Treatment
  • PREVENTION
  • DIAGNOSTIC
  • TREATMENT
Intra-abdominal balloon device

CONTACT INFORMATION

Organization


Individual Contact

Mohammed Youssif and Hossam Saad, Inventors

Application

  • Designed for clinical or home use in low-resource settings 

 

Advantages

  • Low cost
  • Can be inserted for a few hours to a few days
  • Easy to insert and remove; invented in Egypt 

 

Important Milestones Achieved

  • Prototype developed
  • Filed a patent with the World Intellectual Property Organization

 

Proposed Next Steps in Development

  • Inventors are currently seeking manufacturers for the device

 

Partnerships/Collaboration Network

  • Maternova 

Stage of Development

Prototype

Funding Source

None found.