Endo Tools Therapeutics SA: Enabling Natural Orifice GI Procedures
Executive Summary
Belgium-based Endo Tools Therapeutics SA is developing devices that will enable NOTES procedures to treat disorders such as type 2 diabetes, morbid obesity, and digestive tract tumors. Its Endomina device is a universal, multi-channel triangulation platform for use on any existing endoscope through the natural orifices, such as the esophagus.
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