title: A novel endoscopic delivery system for placement of a duodenal-jejunal implant for the treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes.
abstract: The EndoBarrier Delivery System is a unique product capable of reliably delivering an implant into the small intestine. Further improvements to the product can likely be made to facilitate tracking and improved navigation through the small bowel. This unique system and its related technology may have additional applications where access to the small bowel is desired such as drug delivery, diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy and small bowel stent delivery.
authors.affiliation: GI Dynamics, Inc, Lexington, MA, USA.
authors.forename: Ezra
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fishman
authors.forename: Dave
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Melanson
authors.forename: Ron
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lamport
authors.forename: Andy
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Levine
mesh_terms: D002404:Catheterization; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D004386:Duodenum / Q000601:surgery; D004724:Endoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D004867:Equipment Design; D004869:Equipment Safety; D015390:Gastric Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D020699:Gastroscopes; D006801:Humans; D007583:Jejunum / Q000601:surgery; D009765:Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D016896:Treatment Outcome