Rodiyan Gibran Sentanu, BEng, Masayuki Teranuma, BEng, Takuro Ishii, MEng, Kazuya Kawamura, PhD, Tatsuo Igarashi, MD, PhD Department of Medical System Engineering, Division of Artificial Systems Science, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan Objective of the device One of the impediments of modern endoscopy, especially in the colonoscopy, is the formation of undesired […]
Marisha L Godek, PhD, MS, Elizabeth M Contini, Jennifer M Diederich, MS, Vit Novacek, PhD, Frederic Turquier, PhD, Dwight G Bronson, MS Covidien Surgical Solutions OBJECTIVE: This study examined the effects of stapler cartridge design on tissue deformation and correlated these observations to an existing finite element analysis model. DESCRIPTION AND METHODS (1): Upon closure, […]
Elisabeth C McLemore, MD, Alisa Coker, MD, Sonia Ramamoorthy, MD, Garth Jacobsen, MD, Mark A Talamini, MD, Santiago Horgan University of California, San Diego Objective of the technology or device: The Gelpoint Path Long Channel is a longer, disposable, trans-anal access platform facilitating endoluminal surgical access to the upper rectum and distal colon. The longer […]
Josemberg M Campos, MD, Manoel Galvao Neto, MD, Lyz B Silva, MD, Galeno Magalhaes Neto, MD, Maysa Vasconcelos, Eduardo Pachu, MD, Alvaro Ferraz, MD Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brazil; Gastro Obeso Center, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil Ring dysfunction after roux-en-y gastric bypass (RYGB) causing delayed gastric emptying is classically treated by surgical removal, […]
Jeff T Flinn, David Wood, Caroline G Cao Wright State University The manual skills component of the FLS Test requires scoring by a trained evaluator. The scoring methodologies being used, though accepted by the surgical community, are resource intensive, and require subjective judgment on the part of the evaluator. A particularly cumbersome and error-prone scoring […]