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Category Archives: Natural Orifices transgastric endoscopic surgery NOTES

Power Medical Interventions > Successful Demonstration of Incision-Free Bowel Surgery > Resection and Anastomosis via the Colon > New Techniques > Possible Widespread Adoption of Incision-Free NOTES Surgery > Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research’s NOSCAR > Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES

Does the successful procedure further support the versatility and precision of the Intelligent Surgical Product Line? Are surgical techniques possible that allow for small bowel resection and anastomosis without abdominal incisions? Will the new technology accelerate the procedures related to Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research’s NOSCAR and Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery […]

Laparoscopic surgery leaves virtually no scar > Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological and Kidney Institute > Single-port cannula with three working channels > Simultaneous passage of 5-mm instruments and scope > Uni-X Single-Port Laparoscopic System, Pnavel Systems > EndoEYE > Olympus Surgical > Ablative procedures > Reconstructive procedures

Does single-port surgery allow for the use of three channels that can admit a scope and two instruments? Is abdominal trauma further minimized using an natural orifice such as the umbilicus? Will the procedure becomes less challenging with improved flexible instruments?

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Cleveland—Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic’s Glickman Urological & Kidney […]

Articulating endoscopic accessory channel > Johnson & Johnson Reviews Growth Strategies > Medical Devices & Diagnostics and Consumer Businesses > Robust Pipelines Across Seven MD&D Franchises > Poised to Deliver Innovation and Growth Consumer Leadership Positions > Built on Superior Science and Technology

Are development efforts at JNJ a collaboration between R&D teams and consumer insight experts and marketing teams? Are all JNJ new products protected by meaningful, clinical-trials- backed, intellectual property? Is JNJ’s priority to maximize the potential of current franchises and to deliver on the vision for Natural Orifices Translumenal Endoscopy Surgery NOTES by developing patient-centric […]

Obesity and diabetes > Immediate Resolution > Type 2 Diabetes > New Study presented at the American Diabetes Association ADA > EndoBarrier > Implanted and removed endoscopically > Without need for surgical intervention > Physical barrier between ingested food and intestinal wall > Massachusetts-based GI Dynamics

How encouraging are the interim Endobarrier study results? Is the EndoBarrier’s ability to rapidly restore glycemic control reflected in the study results? Does the device mimic the metabolic effects of gastric bypass surgery without its associated complications?

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…New technology has been developed that addresses two of the biggest healthcare problems […]

Cut-free surgery > New frontier for medical device companies > Exploring organ removal without making an incision > Remove an appendix through a patient’s mouth > NOTES research > Activity by medical device companies > Venture-funded start-up companies > Laparoscopic surgery > Noninvasive

Will surgeons one day routinely remove an appendix through a patient’s mouth? How significant is the NOTES research and activity by medical device companies and venture-funded start-up companies? Does transluminal surgery have the potential to break the physical barrier between bodily trauma and surgery?

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…There’s growing interest among physicians and […]

Single port laparoscopy SPL > More surgeons perform SPL surgery > Triport > Quadport > Retention suture t-anchors > Single port access SPA > One Port Umbilicus Surgery OPUS > R-Port laparoscopic access device > Advanced Surgical Concepts ASC > Transumbilical nephrectomy and pyeloplasty > Needlescopic instruments > Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES

Is single port laparoscopy SPL positioned to be more successful than using the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery NOTES approach? Is there any substantial advantage of SPL or NOTES over conventional laparoscopy and robotics? Are retention suture t-anchors to the lateral parietal peritoneum improving the SPL access for scarless single port transumbilical
nephrectomy and […]