GraftCraft

This is
GraftCraft

Idea origin

Traditional stents remain in the body, thereby potentially causing new problems. These are secondary to physiological responses to the foreign body where one result is the formation of scar tissue with different consequences.

Since stents usually are needed only for a limited time Professor Erney Mattson together with Professor Torbjörn Lundh considered long on how to create a stent that can be removed. A brilliant idea was born one day when a standard sock unravelled. Many years of intensive, creative and brave development has followed this eureka moment.

Idea progression

The product idea has evolved over the last 12 years from blood-vessels to other areas.

The main reason for redirecting attention from blood-vessels is mainly due to the high cost and extended need for documentation in obtaining medical approval for stents in blood-vessels.

The versality of the device enables many usage areas for both people and animals not only reducing costs but above all improving the quality of life for those treated.

With this potential for multiple applications the focus going forward is to the segment with the most immediate and significant impact.

Multiple usage areas

”Anywhere in the body where there is a pipe-system the GraftCraft device can be used”

Erney Mattsson

Professor in Vascular Surgery

Vision

Enable Revolutionary Individualized Medical Technology for all

Mission

In a world of an ageing population, putting extensive strains on medical treatment and care, the unique medical device from GraftCraft transforms big and costly interventions into smaller and cheaper procedures, enabeling better quality of life for more people and animals.

AWARD:

Winner of HICOOL Entrepreneurship Competition in the Medicine & Healthcare Category 2023

HICOOL is a Global Entrepreneur Summit and Entrepreneurship Competition for Entrepreneurs. It aims to build a multi-level, multi-dimensional and diversified international entrepreneurial model, seeking for high-quality startups worldwide, facilitating entrepreneurs to grow and expand their business.

PUBLICATION:

European Clinical Respitory Journal. - A new removable airway stent.

“Malignant airway obstruction is a feared complication. Minimal invasive treatment using airway stents represents a meaningful and life-saving palliation.”

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