Narrative review: evolution in device technology and advances in surgical techniques on AMS 800 device in the last 50 years.

Continued innovations in device design, technology, and surgical techniques have ensured that the AMS 800 device is an effective and safe treatment for male stress urinary incontinence (SUI). Future directions in the treatment of male SUI likely reside in cellular regenerative therapy and nanotechnology to restore, replace, or simulate the damaged native urinary sphincter.