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I seem to remember a discussion about this maybe a year ago, and I remember looking at he Neovalve website (they call it StomaLife). It seemed intriguing, but more for colostomies than ileostomies, although, it might make sense for leaky continent ileostomies (you can't plug an end ileostomy for a prolonged period due to a lack of reservoir).

It doesn't look like the inventor has been able to find any corporate backing for research and development yet, so that is an obstacle.

One potential problem I see for its use with continent ileostmies, is the magnet implant behind the abdominal wall that surrounds the exiting intestine. There would likely be a lot of adhesions there from prior surgery, and I suspect it might be difficult, if not impossible to insert the implant without damaging the pouch.

The other issue I see is the potential complication of necrosis of the abdominal wall from the constant pressure from the magnets. They say this is eliminated or reduced by using air cushioning. But, this seems to be theory, not proven, since there was no mention of any human or animal testing, yet.

Still, seems like a reasonable idea, and completely novel approach. The inventer is a stoma nurse, so it is not just some pipe dream. I hope he can find someone willing to fund some prototypes and testing.

Jan Smiler

P.S. There is a company called Neovalves.net that makes industrial valves. It seems to be a reasonable mistake.
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