Title :
A novel endoscopic delivery system for placement of a duodenal-jejunal implant for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes
Author :
Fishman, Ezra ; Melanson, Dave ; Lamport, Ron ; Levine, Andy
Author_Institution :
GI Dynamics, Inc., Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
The EndoBarrier Delivery System is a unique product capable of reliably delivering an implant into the small intestine. Further improvements to the product can likely be made to facilitate tracking and improved navigation through the small bowel. This unique system and its related technology may have additional applications where access to the small bowel is desired such as drug delivery, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and small bowel stent delivery.
Keywords :
Capacitive sensors; Catheters; Diabetes; Gastrointestinal tract; Humans; Implants; Intestines; Medical treatment; Mouth; Surgery; Catheterization; Clinical Trials as Topic; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Drug Delivery Systems; Duodenum; Endoscopy; Equipment Design; Equipment Safety; Gastric Bypass; Gastroscopes; Humans; Jejunum; Obesity; Reproducibility of Results; Treatment Outcome;
Conference_Titel :
Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, 2008. EMBS 2008. 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE
Conference_Location :
Vancouver, BC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1814-5
Electronic_ISBN :
1557-170X
DOI :
10.1109/IEMBS.2008.4649708
