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Kenneth Frank Binmoeller is a medical doctor and author of multiple scientific contributions [1] and over 300 publications, [2] [3] as well as the inventor of the lumen-apposing metal stent (LAMS) [4] [5] and AXIOS System. [6] [7] These are medical devices used to relieve blockages while creating a direct connection between two bodily ...
Boston Scientific was formed June 29, 1979, in Watertown, Massachusetts, as a holding company for the medical products company, Medi-Tech, Inc., and to position the company for growth in interventional medicine. [6] Medi-Tech was the brainchild of Itzhak Bentov, a Czech-born emigré to Israel and then to the United States, who worked at the ...
Endoclip. An endoclip is a metallic mechanical device used in endoscopy in order to close two mucosal surfaces without the need for surgery and suturing. Its function is similar to a suture in gross surgical applications, as it is used to join together two disjointed surfaces, but, can be applied through the channel of an endoscope under direct ...
An endoscopy is a procedure used in medicine to look inside the body. [1] The endoscopy procedure uses an endoscope to examine the interior of a hollow organ or cavity of the body. Unlike many other medical imaging techniques, endoscopes are inserted directly into the organ. There are many types of endoscopies.
D019160. Endoscopic ultrasound ( EUS) or echo-endoscopy is a medical procedure in which endoscopy (insertion of a probe into a hollow organ) is combined with ultrasound to obtain images of the internal organs in the chest, abdomen and colon. It can be used to visualize the walls of these organs, or to look at adjacent structures.
Capsule endoscopy uses a small vitamin-sized wireless camera to capture images of a patient's digestive tract. The capsule is generally composed of a camera, antenna, and light array. [5] Due to the small nature of the device images can not be stored within it. As a result, a sensor array with a storage unit is placed on the abdomen of the ...
Esophageal dilation. Esophagal Bougie Dilator. Specialty. gastroenterology. [ edit on Wikidata] Esophageal dilation or oesophageal dilatation (British English) is a therapeutic endoscopic procedure that enlarges the lumen of the esophagus. [1]
Double-balloon enteroscopy, also known as push-and-pull enteroscopy, is an endoscopic technique for visualization of the small bowel. It was developed by Hironori Yamamoto in 2001. [1] It is novel in the field of diagnostic gastroenterology as it is the first endoscopic technique that allows for the entire gastrointestinal tract to be ...