Torax Medical’s Linx System: A New Approach To GERD

Most of the 20 million adults in the US who suffer from chronic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) hope to find symptomatic relief from their “heartburn” with first-line nonsurgical treatments, like raising the head of the bed, losing weight, eating smaller meals, or taking medications such as antacids or proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs). However, despite high-dose medications, GERD-related symptoms persist in almost 40% of patients, and less than 1% of these patients resort to having a laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication, an invasive, but effective surgical procedure that involves wrapping the upper portion of the stomach or fundus around the bottom of the esophagus.

Over the last decade, medical device manufacturers have been trying to develop an effective minimally invasive device for the treatment...