Atif Iqbal, MD, medical director of the MemorialCare Digestive Care Center at Orange Coast Memorial Medical Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., describes his experience using the LINX Reflux Management ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHICAGO — Magnetic sphincter augmentation using the Linx device was more effective than proton pump inhibitor ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a next generation LINX® Reflux Management System that is MR ...

Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies subsidiary Ethicon’s Linx Reflux Management System was “significantly more effective” at treating gastrointestinal reflux disease than acid suppression ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc., a leader in therapeutic interventions for sphincter-related diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), announced today the ...

A string of magnets could mean the answer to those who suffer from heartburn and haven’t found relief with diet or lifestyle changes. UC San Diego placed a LINX device into a patient Monday – the ...

Drs. Dunst and Swanstrom are the only physicians in Oregon Implanting LINX device to control GERD Portland, Ore., Oct. 4, 2012 - For patients like 65-year old Charles Mortensen (not his real name), ...

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A bracelet-like device to treat patients with heartburn is safe and effective, relieving pain for up to five years, a study has found. The LINX device, which is made up of magnetic beads, is implanted ...

The paperwork stacks up slowly but steadily. Some months, the pile of appeals from insurance companies denying coverage of a medical implant for severe acid reflux is more than a foot high in ...