The Echelon powered stapler with gripping surface technology (GST) [Image courtesy of Ethicon]
Ethicon — part of Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) — is highlighting new study results in which its Echelon powered stapler with gripping surface technology (GST) had a lower rate of bleeding-related complications than a competing Medtronic product.
Ethicon funded the peer-reviewed study, which appears online in Medical Devices: Evidence and Research. The study compared the Echelon stapler with Medtronic’s Signia stapling system with Tri-Staple among patients undergoing laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy for obesity.
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