US gastrointestinal endoscopy company EndoChoice will merge with an Israeli company Peer Medical for an undisclosed sum. Peer Medical's commercial products include a proprietary video system and Full Spectrum Endoscope which provides up ...
Tags: gastrointestinal endoscopy, EndoChoice, video system, cancerous
EndoGastric Solutions announced that patient enrollment has been completed for its Transoral Incisionless Fundoplication (TIF) versus Medical Proton Pump Inhibitor (PPI) Management of Refractory GERD symptoms (TEMPO) trial. The ...
Tags: EndoGastric, patient enrollment, TIF, TIF procedure trial, TEMPO trial
HealthTrust, a group purchasing organization, has awarded a contract to EndoChoice to provide endoscope care, cleaning and protection accessories. Under the deal, EndoChoice will provide its EndoKit, CinchPad, SafeStart bedside clean kit, ...
Tags: HealthTrust, EndoChoice, endoscope care, reprocessing endoscopes
CardioFocus has reported superior benefits of high-dose laser ablation using its cardiac ablation system when compared to low-dose treatment. Featuring an endoscope for intra-procedural visualization of the beating heart, the HeartLight ...
Tags: laser ablation, superior benefits, high-dose laser ablation
Optim has introduced a new mobile Flexible Endoscopic Evaluation of Swallowing (FEES) system for ENT and speech pathology clinicians. The system, which allows clinicians to set-up portable or office based FEES programs within the ...
Otsuka Medical Devices and Pioneer have joined forces to develop a minimally invasive medical endoscope to reduce patients' physical burden from surgery. For the development of a camera unit of medical endoscope, Pioneer will use its ...
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Pentax Medical, a provider of endoscopic products and services, has introduced new EG-3270UK endoscope during the 30th GEEW congress in Brussels, Belgium. The new endoscope uses an instrument channel to deliver the optimal balance of a ...
Procedure for treating chronic atrial fibrillation,a condition that causes palpitations and fainting,features a laser balloon catheter. Green light for laser heart treatment? A follow-up study of 56 patients with chronic atrial ...
Tags: Heart Surgery, Laser, EAS
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted 510(k) approval to Medigus's SRS endoscopic system. The approval was based on a multi-center clinical trial which met a criteria of safety and efficacy in five countries and three ...
Tags: SRS endoscopic system, endoscopic system, SRS endoscope, the SRS system