A novel endoscopic delivery system for placement of a duodenal-jejunal implant for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes

Proceedings of the 30th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS'08 - "Personalized Healthcare through Technology"

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2501-2503

  Fishman, Ezra ^a   Melanson, Dave ^a   Lamport, Ron ^a   Levine, Andy ^a  

^a GI Dynamics Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DEVICE SAFETY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GASTROSCOPE; HUMAN; JEJUNUM; METHODOLOGY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STOMACH BYPASS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DUODENUM; ENDOSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT SAFETY; GASTRIC BYPASS; GASTROSCOPES; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; OBESITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84903854069     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/iembs.2008.4649708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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