The LINX® System augments the weak Lower Esophageal Sphincter (LES) to help prevent reflux. The LINX® System is a small, flexible band of magnets enclosed in titanium beads. The beads are connected by ...

If you’re among the 1 in 5 adults in the U.S. who have gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), you know how uncomfortable the symptoms can be. Chronic acid reflux can cause painful heartburn, ...

(Bloomberg) -- Johnson & Johnson is withdrawing a device to treat debilitating acid reflux disease from markets outside the US, a move surgeons warned would set back the available treatment options ...

Treatment with Ethicon’s LINX Reflux Management System reduced medical costs more than laparoscopic Nissen fundoplication (LNF), a more invasive anti-reflux surgery, and more than offsets the slightly ...

A digestive disorder that causes heartburn, acid backwash in the throat and other uncomfortable symptoms, reflux is a condition that can now be treated with the LINX procedure at Concord Hospital.

FDA has announced it has approved Torax Medical’s LINX Reflux Management System for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease, according to a news release. The LINX Reflux Management System is a ...

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

Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) is reportedly halting international sales of its Linx Reflux Management System, a device used to treat chronic acid reflux. In a letter to doctors dated September 17, the ...