GI & Endoscopy

Daniel Chan, MD, a gastroenterologist at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic, led a research team that developed an electronic nose which tests the breath of patients with Barrett's esophagus for organic compounds, Gastroenterology and Endoscopy News reports.

Nicholas Weber, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Tacoma, Wash.-based CHI Franciscan Health.

MedGadget named Saratoga, Calif.-based CapsoVision's CapsoCam and Tirat Carmel, Israel based-Motus GI's Pure-Vu two of the best medical technologies of 2016, according to a report.

A study published in Gastroenterology claims Rifaximin is a safe and effective treatment for diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Here are four updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

A team of Korea-based Seoul National University and Kangwon National University scientists developed an artificial liver based on the pig liver for use in human transplants, the Korea Business Wire reports.

John Haydek, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Knoxville, Tenn.-based Gastrointestinal Associates.

Tokyo, China-based Olympus reached a settlement with its foreign investors for $34 million in damages over an accounting scandal, Reuters reports.

After a year rife with reports of infections from improperly cleaned endoscopes or duodenoscopes, new FDA guidelines to ensure proper scope reprocessing could lower associated lawsuits, LawyersandSettlements.com reports.

Here are 18 new surgery centers that were opened or were announced throughout 2016.