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.

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 ...

Patients seeking relief from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) have a new treatment option to consider based on an innovative use of magnets. Mass General is the first and only hospital in New ...

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 ...

The American Medical Association created a Category 1 CPT Code for Torax’s LINX Reflux Management System for esophageal sphincter augmentation. 1. The code is effective Jan. 1, 2017. 2. Using a ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc., a leader in therapeutic interventions for sphincter-related diseases, including gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), announced today the ...

ST. PAUL, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Torax Medical, Inc. is pleased to announce that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a next generation LINX® Reflux Management System that is MR ...

One in five Americans suffers from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), known colloquially as acid reflux. Acid reflux is a digestive disorder in in which acid backs up from the stomach into the ...