What will the results be when B-K Medical and Advanced Medical Diagnostics collaborate on HistoScanning tissue characterization technology for the prostate? Will HistoScanning and the proprietary tissue differentiation, visualization and measurement technology assist specialists in identifying changes to solid organ tissues? Can the technology extract new information from prostate ultrasound data in conjunction with transrectal […]
Category Archives: Ultrasound imaging technology
HistoScanning addresses clinical challenges in prostate patient management > B-K Medical > Analogic Corporation ALOG > Urology Ultrasound Market Leader > Advanced Medical Diagnostics > Innovative computer-aided solutions > Tissue Characterization Innovator > Increasing the efficiency and diagnostic value of prostate ultrasound > Major diagnostic modality
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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Men in England are to be offered screening for a silent killer > NHS Screening for Abdominal aortic aneurysm AAA > Can be repaired if detected early > Endovascular Aneurysm Repair EVAR is growing at double digit rate > Global health care cost for EVAR Expected To Reach US$1.3 Billion by 2012
Sunday, January 6, 2008
Why do the current guidelines recommend that screening be only performed for men? Will the estimated number of approximately 4.5 million people in the developed world who are living with an abdominal aortic aneurysm benefit from screening efforts? How many AAA patients will be added each year to the 600,000 new cases that are diagnosed […]
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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?
IIP > justin > ric mave:
…three different endoluminal procedures are being used…to treat GERD patients: endoscopic suturing with the NDO Plicator (NDO […]
Filed in transgastric retroperitoneal for pancreatic debridement, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES, transgastric appendectomy, transgastric endoscopic splenectomy, transgastric biliary endosurgery, transgastric tubal ligation, Natural Orifice Transgastric Endoscopic Surgery NOTES, per-oral transgastric, NDO Plicator, Wilson-Cook endoscopic suturing device, Stretta device, Bovine collagen injections in the GE tract, Navigation inside the stomach and abdominal cavity, Single incision, flexible transgasric peritoneoscopy, flexible endoscopic sleeve open at both ends, Injection of dermal bovine collagen, EsoPhyx endoluminal fundoplication, EndoCinch BARD Endoscopic Technologies, Tie-knot device approximates the suture ends, Wilson-Cook Medical Winstom Salem NC, multiple endocinch like PTFE sutures being passed, EndoGastric Solutions Inc Redmond WA, Guy-Bernard Cadiere, endoscopic gastric reduction, endoscopic stapling system, endoluminal gastric partitioning, endoscopic band ligation of esophageal varices, Innovative Hybrid T-fasteners, EsophyX EndoGastric Solutions, Endoscopic suturing, Toyooki Sonoda, Michael Li, Anthony N Kalloo, Juergen Hochberger, Dennis L Fowler, Alfons Pomp, Nathaniel J Soper, Jeffrey M Marks, Jeffrey W Milsom, Paul Swain, Mark H. Whiteford, Luca Milone, Peter D Stevens, Kai Matthes, Mark B Pochapin, Kiyokazu Nakajima, StomaphyX EndoGastric Solutions, Ultrasound guidance for transmural visualization, FDA clearance for transoral incisionless fundoplication, No CPT code, EndoCinch Bard Davol Inc, MediGus SRS system, Edward Lin, John D Mellinger, Amitabh Chak, Kenneth A Forde, Jonathan P Pearl, Jeffrey L Ponsky, William Richards, Swanstrom, tissue retractor device tip, NOTES fundoplication procedure, Symptoms of GERD, Transgastric placement of diaphragm pacing leads, Transgastric surgery, Flexible endoscope, Initial applications of NOTES, Treat GERD, Transoral treatment method, Unmet needs in gastrointestinal diseases, Using transoral access, Less-invasive, Leader in natural orifice surgery NOS, Serosa-to-serosa fusion, Lengthening of the esophagus, Bodies' natural orifices, transgastric appendectomies, NOTES & NEWS, Lee Swanstrom, No Scar Surgery, Minimally Invasive Surgery MIS, Endoluminal Endolumenal Hollow Vessel, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery, Marc Bessler, Hybrid, transgastric peritoneoscopy, translumenal organ resections, transgastric cholecystectomy, NOTES, Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, Incision-less solutions, Minimally invasive surgery techniques, Gastrotomy, Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy PEG, Overtube, Therapeutic double-channel gastroscope, Trendsetter for minimally invasive surgery, Hybrid procedures combining endoscopy and laparoscopy, No Scar Group SAGES, Transluminal translumenal procedures, NDO surgical Mansfield MA, dilator and overtube in pylorus, Stretta procedure, gastroesophagectomy, Transgastric appendectomy, Christopher C Thompson, Surgeons learning curve, Minimally invasive approach, Flexible endoscopes that have working channels, Sterile flexible insertion tube, Flexible tubes with a camera and light source, NOTES techniques, Videoscopes with a miniature digital camera, Natural orifices such as the mouth rectum or vagina, Multi-center trial of a NOTES system, Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease GERD, Stapler for flexible endoscopes, Ultrasound positioning system, Semi-flexible endoscope, No scar anti reflux procedure, Gastroenterologist, Hybrid Endoluminal Endolumenal Laparoscopic MIS
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NOTES start-up company receives $11.5 million venture capital > Apollo Group consists of Drs. Anthony Kalloo and Sergey Kantsevoy of Johns Hopkins University > Christopher Gostout of the Mayo Clinic > Peter Cotton and Robert Hawes of Medical University of South Carolina > Sydney Chung of Chinese University of Hong Kong > Jay Pasricha of University of Texas Medical Branch
Friday, October 12, 2007
How many new start-up companies will we see in the emerging field of NOTES surgery? Are centers for technology development of universities and medical schools the key to bringing new ideas to life? Are collaborating physician groups a new trend in the funding of new medical device ideas?
IIP > justin > ric mave:
…Two venture firms […]
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Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES An Opportunity for Augmented Reality Guidance > Keywords endoscopy > augmented reality > laparoscopy > image registration
Sunday, September 30, 2007
IIP > justin > ric mave:
Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES):
An Opportunity for Augmented Reality Guidance > Keywords: endoscopy, augmented reality, laparoscopy, image registration, NOTES
Kirby G. VOSBURGH, & Raúl SAN JOSÉ ESTÉPAR
Massachusetts General Hospital Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Laparoscopic techniques have gained wide acceptance because they offer a safe and less invasive alternative to open surgery. […]
Filed in flexibility of the endoscope tip, Navigation inside the stomach and abdominal cavity, Sub-specialty training, Laparoscopic nissen fundoplication procedure, Compared with laparoscopy, indicators of instrument location, Orientation, Retrograde position with respect to incision in stomach, Knowledge of the tip placement relative to anatomy, Orientation for the gastric access puncture, Intra-cavitary interventional techniques, Likely to be widely adopted, intra-operative display to the operating physician, real time tracking and reference image registration, Limited direct access to the abdomen, iatrogenic injuries, organ resections, per-anal transcolonic, Laparoscopy, image registration, Kirby Vosburgh, Endoscopy Endoscopic, Augmented Reality Guidance, NOTES, Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery NOTES, Raúl San Jose Estepar, Massachusetts General Hospital, Potential to replace or augment current techniques, per-oral transgastric, Natural Orifice Transgastric Endoscopic Surgery NOTES, Laparoscopic technique, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Ideas For Surgery News
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Christopher C. Thompson, MD, Guest Faculty at advancedlaparoscopy.com > Lee Swanstrom, MD > NOSCAR Natural Orifice Surgery Consortium for Assessment and Research
Monday, September 24, 2007
Has a new dimension been added to minimally invasive surgery that eliminates complications associated with traditional surgery such as postoperative abdominal wall pain, wound infections, hernias, adhesions, and impaired immune function? Are second generation devices currently being evaluated and have any of the prototypes been proven to be more feasible for clinical application?
IIP > justin […]
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Family of television star John Ritter sues hospital > undetected aneurysm caused rupture and sudden death
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Was the sudden death of actor John Ritter caused by an oversight? Would a simple $50 ultrasound scan have revealed the balloon like bulging of his aorta? Was the ascending aortic aneurysm detected during a hospital visit last year?
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…Ritter became ill Thursday while working on his ABC series and […]
Food and Drug Administration FDA turns down application to begin a multi-center trial of a NOTES system for treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease GERD
Thursday, September 6, 2007
How will the development of endoluminal devices for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease GERD be regulated? What is the regulatory pathway for these new devices? Are there major roadblocks in the USA in regards to conducting human trials in light of the turn down of a 510 (k) application for a system for the treatment of GERD […]
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