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Friday, August 15, 2008

Will the Reload Automation Machine be delivered and operational in the third quarter? Will the launch of the line extensions, including the i45 B&G, the i60 mid-cut, which exclusively enables a less invasive vertical gastroplasty for the treatment of morbid obesity, be more successful? Can PMI remain at on the forefront of interventional medicine with […]

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Satiety > Transoral Gastroplasty > NOTES > NOSCAR > Treatment of Morbid Obesity > TOGA™ > Study not yet open for participant recruitment > Primary Outcome Measures > Proportion of subjects with ≥ 25% EWL Excess Weight Loss > Cedars-Sinai Medical Center > Washington University in St. Louis > University of Texas Medical School at Houston > Columbia University Medical Center > Erasme Hospital Brussels

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

IIP > Read on here > http://clinicaltrials.gov…
…The TOGA™ trial is a prospective, multi-center, randomized sham-controlled trial designed to determine the safety and effectiveness of the TOGA System for the treatment of morbid obesity. The study will also determine the effect of the treatment on co-morbidities and quality of life.
Subjects will be blinded to treatment or […]

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