Medtronic reported that a patient has completed the first procedure with the latest version of its ingestible camera, used to ...

Guided capsule endoscopy could pave the way for the future of endoscopic examination of the stomach, according to the findings of a feasibility study by Jean-Francois Rey and colleagues.

Medtronic today announced the first-ever patient procedure ingestion using its next-generation PillCam Genius SB capsule ...

Capsule endoscopy has revolutionized the investigation of small-bowel disease and seems to be superior to scintigraphy and conventional procedures for small-bowel evaluation. Nevertheless ...

Medtronic has partnered with the University of Miami Health System to perform the first-ever patient procedure ingestion using the PillCam Genius SB capsule endoscopy kit. The PillCam lets patients ...

[5] In these cases, the capsule can be introduced into the stomach via conventional upper endoscopy. In patients with swallowing disorders, and especially the elderly, they may cough and expel the ...

Capsule sponge testing, a minimally invasive diagnostic tool, effectively triages gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) ...

The so- called 'capsule endo-scope' can be used to investigate problems ranging from ulcers to tumours, he says. It is propelled not by a motor, but by peristalsis, the muscular action of the ...

Wide-field modalities-;such as WLE, virtual and dye-based chromoendoscopy, ultrathin endoscopy, and capsule endoscopy-;enable ...