GI & Endoscopy

Apollo Endosurgery launched the ORBERA Coach platform, a telehealth program.

Thousand Oaks, Calif.-based Compulink Business Systems will unveil Gastroenterology Advantage at Digestive Disease Week 2016 in San Diego from May 21 to May 24.

Here are seven GI device companies that will showcase at Digestive Disease Week 2016 from May 21 to May 24 in San Diego.

Arun Swaminath, MD, is a gastroenterologist and director of the inflammatory bowel disease program at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City. He also serves as an assistant professor at the Hofstra Northwell School of Medicine in Hempstead, N.Y.

Pentax Medical acquired more than 90 percent of shares in Simmedica.

Frost & Sullivan selected CapsoVision as the recipient of its 2016 European Enabling Technology Leadership award.

Montvale, N.J.-based PENTAX Medical launched the OPTIVISTA EPK-I7010 video processor to the U.S. market.

Boston-based NinePoint Medical has completed the primary phase of its registry for high resolution optical imaging of the esophagus using the NvisionVLE Imaging System.

A Journal of the American Medical Association study suggests a patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease's damange actually occurs through an inflammatory response, which cytokines' secretion prompts. The study's findings challenge previous notions the damage is due to stomach acid backing…

Hemant K. Roy, MD, is a gastroenterologist and chief of gastroenterology at Boston Medical Center.