The Central Illinois Endoscopy Center received a 95 percent overall patient satisfaction score for January from a survey done by Press Ganey Associates, an independent patient satisfaction survey company, according to a news release.
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Apollo Endosurgery, a developer of advanced therapeutic endoscopy devices, raised $47.6 million in a round of financing, according to a news release.
U.S. Endoscopy, an endoscopy device design and manufacturing company, announced the full market release of the Torrent irrigation tubing system, according to a news release.
U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) is scheduled to visit Berks Center for Digestive Health in Wyomissing, Pa., on Feb. 10, according to a news release from Physicians Endoscopy, which owns BCDH with local physicians.
The American Gastroenterological Association has appointed John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, to the position of vice president, according to an AGA report.
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Obi Chukwuocha, MD, has joined Bariatric Solutions, located at Wise Regional Medical Center in Decatur, Texas, according to a news release.
Two Los Angeles-area surgery centers have announced they will cease all Lap-Band surgeries following a pending lawsuit and warning letters from the FDA, according to a Los Angeles Daily News report.
A team of scientists, led by the University of Liverpool, has developed a diagnostic test for esophageal cancer using an extremely intense source of infrared light to image tissue taken from patients with Barrett's Esophagus, according to a Science and…
Harvard gastroenterologist Braden Kuo, MD, and artist Stefani Bardin collaborated on a project that used camera pills to look at differences in how the body digests a processed meal and a natural meal, according to a Wired report.
Boston Scientific launched its Expect 19 Flex Endoscopic Ultrasound Aspiration Needle for use in acquiring tissue samples from organs adjacent to the GI tract under endoscopic ultrasound guidance, according to a company news release.