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Natural Orifice Surgery NOS > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research NOSCAR > Mark Talamini > University of California San Diego > School of Medicine > Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons SAGES 2008 > Natural-orifice gastric revisions > Covidien > Ethicon > USGI Medical

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

What is the value that the Natural Orifice Surgery NOS technique adds to a surgical procedure? Is NOSCAR surgery enthusiasm self-serving in order to keep the research going? Which high-volume procedure will be the incentive to keep the NOS development rolling?

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EndoVia Medical Inc > A Hansen Medical Inc catheter-technology company > Intellectual property of 33 issued and pending patents and patent applications > Combining robotic technology and computerized movement > Electromechanical catheter manipulator controlled with commands from a workstation

Monday, January 21, 2008

Will EndoVia Medical’s second generation computer-assisted surgical devices for minimally invasive surgery (MIS) and interventional medicine be beneficial for the advance of Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES? Has EndoVia further developed the robotic guidance system for controlling laparoscopic and catheter-based instruments? Will the technology open large new patient populations to less invasive procedures?

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Endoluminal Radiofrequency Ablation of Barrett’s Esophagus > Barrett’s esophagus may lead to esophageal adenocarcinoma > Endoscopic Ablation of Intestinal Metaplasia with High Grade Dysplasia > Balloon-based Ablation System > BÂRRX Medical’s Ablation System > Study on efficacy for patients with Fundoplication > Elimination of all Barrett’s tissue in all patients as the ultimate goal

Thursday, December 27, 2007

Does the BÂRRX Medical’s Ablation System make a favorable impact on the most dangerous grade of Barrett’s esophagus? Have studies validated the performance and efficacy of the HALO ablation systems for treating Barrett’s esophagus? What are the optimal treatment parameters for treating HGD in patients who otherwise would be subjected to surgical esophagectomy?

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Flexible Endoscopy and NOTES Surgery > Team develops prototype device named the Bioloch Ist > Ideas and Innovation

Monday, October 29, 2007

Can the procedure of a colonic endoscopy be transformed into a more pleasurable experience? Are scientists developing a new way of carrying out flexible endoscopy procedures using techniques found in Nature based on a wriggling worm? Can the bending forces be reduced and so lessen the chance of damage to a patient’s internal organs if […]

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Bovine collagen injections in the GE tract > Curon Medical’s Stretta device > NDO Plicator > Enteryx Boston Scientific > Gatekeeper Medtronic > Wilson-Cook endoscopic suturing device > EsophyX EndoGastric Solutions > What’s next?

Monday, October 22, 2007

Where are GERD therapies going from here? When will the reimbursement policies for endoluminal therapies change? Is the lack of coverage and efficacy data going to slow down the application of new techniques?

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…three different endoluminal procedures are being used…to treat GERD patients: endoscopic suturing with the NDO Plicator (NDO […]

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