Milestones
Jun 2009 |
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ASMBS annual meeting presentation of multi-center series demonstrating 12-month anchor durability in gastric tissue |
Apr 2009 |
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SAGES annual meeting presentation of single site series utilizing USGI Medical incisionless surgery tools |
Jul 2008 |
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150th IOP case |
Apr 2008 |
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Dr. Santiago Horgan uses the IOP to perform the first transgastric appendectomy in the U.S. |
Dec 2007 |
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Dr. Lee Swanstrom uses the USGI IOP for the first time in the US to effectively close a gastrotomy (an incision in the stomach wall) during a NOTES procedure |
Sep 2007 |
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USGI receives FDA 510(k) clearance to market their second generation TransPort™ Incisionless Operating Platform |
Jun 2007 |
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The first U.S. Transgastric gall bladder removal procedure is performed with the USGI IOP by Dr. Lee Swanstrom, Director of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Legacy Health Systems, Portland, OR |
Jun 2007 |
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Dr. Lee Swanstrom uses the USGI IOP to successfully repair a gastric fistula |
May 2007 |
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Dr. Peter Stevens, Director of Endoscopy, and Dr. Marc Bessler, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery, at Columbia Presbyterian Hospital, New York, NY, use the USGI IOP to reconstruct the junction of the stomach and esophagus |
Apr 2007 |
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Three month endoscopy of Dr. Swanstrom’s first patient confirms durability of tissue anchors to maintain gastric plications |
Mar 2007 |
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Dr. Marc Bessler, Director of Laparoscopic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, uses USGI’s IOP to remove a woman’s gall bladder through her vagina for the first time in the U.S. |
Jan 2007 |
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Dr. Lee Swanstrom uses the USGI IOP to repair a dilated pouch and stoma (connection between the stomach and small intestine) in a post gastric bypass patient |
Oct 2005 |
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Dr. Christopher Thompson, Director of Developmental Endoscopy at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA, uses ShapeLock® in a series of enteroscopy procedures to access the excluded stomach in post Roux-en-Y gastric bypass patients |
Nov 2004 |
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Dr. Richard Kozarek, Director of the Digestive Disease Institute at Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, WA, performs the first ShapeLock® Enteroscopy procedure |
Apr 2003 |
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First ShapeLock® Colonoscopy procedure is performed by Dr. Jay Pasricha, Chief of the Departments of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX |