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GI Dynamics > Clinical-stage medical device company > New noninvasive approaches to treat obesity > Type 2 diabetes > Related metabolic diseases > EndoBarrier technology > EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner > Orally delivered > Removable device > Lines portion of small intestine > Immediate metabolic control with less risk

Thursday, September 11, 2008

Has GI Dynamics developed therapies resulting in weight loss and improved glycemic control? Is the technology designed to deliver immediate metabolic control by modifying metabolic pathways? Will EndoBarrier application data be presented at the 1st World Congress on Interventional Therapies for Type 2 Diabetes?

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Data from Clinical Trial of EndoBarrier(TM) […]

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Will the robots be able to navigate exactly where doctors direct it? Is it feasible to take highly detailed photos of possible trouble spots inside the human gastrointestinal GI sytem? Will it even be able to take tiny biopsies?

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NOTES > TUES > TULA > NOTUS > IRCAD > EITS > Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Did Antony Kalloo, when he presented his experience in transgastric surgery in 2004, imagine that he and NOTES would be at the epicentre of a revolution in laparoscopic surgery? Did the ASGE and SAGES leaders, who created a working group to develop transluminal surgery, sense that this idea would have some repercussion on laparoscopic surgery? […]

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Open gripper is 500 micrometers > Diameter of 0.05 centimeters > Helping Hand for Surgery > Tiny gripper > Responds to chemical triggers > New tool for surgery > Minimally invasive > Keyhole surgery > Surgical tools that move more freely inside the human body > Biomolecular and chemical-engineering > Johns Hopkins University

Monday, September 1, 2008

Does NOTES need mobile surgical tools? Is the ultimate goal to have a machine that a patient can swallow? Could we inject small structures that move and can do things on their own?

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A tiny handlike gripper that can grasp tissue or cell samples could make it easier for doctors […]

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Transgastric instrumentation > Bacterial contamination of the peritoneal cavity > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES > Minimize risk of clinically significant peritoneal contamination > Gastrotomy Roux-en-Y gastric bypass LSRYGB > Gastrotomy with creation of a gastrojejunostomy during LSRYGB > Transgastric surgery > Endolumenal surgery > The Ohio State University School of Medicine and Public Health

Monday, August 25, 2008

Does transgastric instrumentation contaminate the abdominal cavity? Are pathogens clinically insignificant due to species or bacterial load? Is there the need to minimize the risk of clinically significant peritoneal contamination?

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Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a rapidly evolving technique providing access to the peritoneum utilizing an endoscope via […]

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Thursday, August 21, 2008

What are the test results accomplished by three NASA astronauts and one surgeon who were undergoing long-term training in an underwater habitat called the NASA Extreme Environment Mission Operations? Have the telementoring results demonstrated that nonsurgeons having been trained with a specified skill set can perform more complex laparoscopic procedure using in vivo robots? Will […]

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Transoral endoscopic anchor placement system > Gastric bypass pouch and stoma reduction > Successful feasibility study > Technology assessment > Daniel Herron > Desmond Birkett > Chris Thompson > Marc Bessler > Lee Swanström

Thursday, August 14, 2008

How successful is the technology for the clinical circumstances for which it is being evaluated? Will there be a technology assessment by the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy ASGE following the feasibility of reducing the stoma diameter using transoral endoscopic suturing techniques? Will there be an adequate randomized clinical trial in the near future to […]

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As America Gets Bigger > Serious social and psychological dimensions > National Eating Disorder > Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC > Call to Action to Prevent and Decrease Overweight and Obesity > National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey NHANES > Diabetes mellitus > Cardiovascular disease > Hypertension and stroke > Certain forms of cancer > Increased risk of premature death > Serious chronic conditions > Reduced overall quality of life

Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Is surgical treatment for obesity a good and effective treatment for preventing the life-threatening complications and serious degenerative problems associated with pathological obesity? Do drug and medical device companies cash in to unprecedented degrees? Will overweight- and obesity-attributable spending continue to increase and government will continue to finance a sizable portion?

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