NEWTON,
Mass./PRNewswire/ — Beacon Endoscopic Inc., an emerging GI endoscopy company,
announced today the limited market launch of the BNX™ System, its novel fine
needle aspiration platform for use in endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and
endoscopic bronchial ultrasound. The EUS BNX™ System received FDA clearance in
December 2010 and CE Market in January 2012.
Dr. Douglas Pleskow, Associate Professor of Medicine,
Harvard and Co-Director of Endoscopy at the Beth Israel
Deaconess Center
said, “We are excited that Beacon Endoscopic has addressed needle safety
and improved clinical work flow in the BNX™ System design, this will be a
paradigm shift in interventional EUS.”
The BNX™ System incorporates a delivery system that easily
loads and unloads low cost, high performance FNA needles of varying sizes. Another
important feature of the BNX design is that it automatically sheaths all
needles with a shield during needle removal. The BNX™ delivery system can
potentially be utilized as a conduit for other next generation devices that are
currently in development by Beacon Endoscopic, namely, SAMSEN a compression
anastomosis technology designed to address metabolic disease and gall bladder
disease.
Initially, Beacon will work with 20 large endoscopy centers
in the U.S. to gain insights from the top gastroenterologists as to training
techniques and clinical positioning, “We are pleased with the high level
of clinical interest in the BNX System, our novel delivery system for EUS
procedures and believe that by working with and learning from the key GI
opinion leaders, we can maximize the success of our full commercial launch to
the broader market. Our overall goal is to provide physicians with better
solutions for existing procedures,” said Brian Tinkham, Co-Founder of
Beacon Endoscopic.
In the future Beacon hopes to be able to address obesity,
Type II diabetes, gallbladder disease, and pancreatic suture drainage with its
technology.
About Beacon Endoscopic
Beacon Endoscopic is dedicated to innovating medical devices in interventional
endoscopy procedures. Our mission is to develop high quality medical devices,
designed to minimize healthcare costs, accelerate procedural efficiency,
promote safety and provide superior clinical outcomes for patients.