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Expert describes initial experience with AMS 700 with TENACIO Pump
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Key Takeaways
- The TENACIO Pump's smaller design and pronounced decompression mechanism improve patient interaction with the implant.
- Helen L. Bernie reports no challenges in implanting the AMS 700 with TENACIO Pump, likening it to other implants.
"This has been exciting from a physician-surgeon standpoint," says Helen L. Bernie, DO, MPH.
In this video from the 2024 Sexual Medicine Society of North America (SMSNA) Fall Scientific Meeting, Helen L. Bernie, DO, MPH, discusses her initial experience with the AMS 700 with TENACIO Pump. Bernie is the director of male sexual and reproductive medicine and the andrology fellowship director at Indiana University in Indianapolis and was also the scientific chair for the 2024 SMSNA Fall Scientific Meeting.
Transcription:
Please describe your initial experience with the AMS 700 with TENACIO Pump.
We were extremely fortunate at Indiana University to be one of the limited market release of the TENACIO Pump. So we've gotten to have so much hands-on experience with our patients. It's been a wonderful opportunity, because the development of this new pump, which is smaller and has a more pronounced pump to decompress, so that you can deflate the implant, that's where the patient meets the implant. That's what they have access to, and that's really their relationship. So this has been exciting from a physician-surgeon standpoint. I haven't noticed any challenges. To me, it's just the same as putting in another implant. But we're so excited and looking forward to seeing our follow-up, as we see more and more patients after they've done activation, I see them back at 3 months and 6 months to really see their impression and their satisfaction with the new pump. So to be determined, and we're really excited about it.
This transcript was AI generated and edited by human editors for clarity.
