GI Windows will develop a series of self-assembling magnets (SAMSEN) for digestive system incisionless bypass procedures.
The SAMSEN platform is licensed to Beacon Endoscopic by professors and physicians at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Brigham & Women’s Hospital.
“This novel, endoluminally-delivered device offers interventional endoscopists and surgeons the ability to create a leak-free connection between hollow organs without an incision,” said Peter Lukin, vice president, operations at Beacon Endoscopic, in the release. “The continuous compression of the self-assembling magnets stops blood supply at the targeted area and leads to cell necrosis, allowing the body to use its own healing power to form an anastomosis between the adjacent structures.”
The GI Windows board of directors includes Brian Tinkham, Peter Rogal and Christopher Thompson, who also serve on the Beacon Endoscopic board.
Beacon Endoscopic Corp. is headquartered in Newton, Mass.
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