Lioness (an implant for prevention of premature birth)

2020: The announcement of Lioness - an implant for prevention of premature birth

In the middle of August, 2020 the Israeli company under the name PregnanTech provided the implanted device under the name Lioness which prevents premature birth. The implant reduces load of a neck of the uterus, saves a neck of the uterus extended, despite reductions and by that delays a biomechanical cascade which leads to spontaneous childbirth.

Premature birth remains a serious clinical problem which often leads to adverse effects both at children, and at mothers. Even in the developed countries premature birth is the most frequent reason of death rate of children under five years. In many cases it is difficult to prevent spontaneous childbirth using modern methods, such as drugs, surgical intervention or hormones.

Lioness is an implant for prevention of premature birth from PregnanTech

The implant of Lioness prevents premature birth due to multiple-factor impact on a neck of the uterus. Using a special system adaptation is entered through a vagina by means of minimum invasive procedure. Introduction takes only several minutes, and the woman at once will be able to go home.

On own experience of work as the gynecologist I very well represent scales of this phenomenon and suffering which premature birth involves for newborns and their mothers. Every week in a uterus is important for development of a fruit. From 9% to 17% of all pregnancies can terminate in premature birth. Today we have no solutions of this problem, but health care systems desperately need them, - the CEO of PregnanTech company doctor David Shashar considers.

PregnanTech already began to deliver the device in the Israeli hospitals. Also the company conducts clinical trial among women to whom the hysterectomy is necessary to study security of an implant and also is going to test in King's College hospital in London among expectant mothers with high risk of premature birth.^[1]

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