International health · 2025
Using disruptive innovation to design endoscopic ligators for resource-challenged health settings.
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Gardner Jack T, Dusabejambo Vincent, Bensen Steve P
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BACKGROUND: Commercial single-use endoscopic multiband ligators, used for esophageal variceal band ligation (EVL), are prohibitively expensive. To enable greater access to EVL, we used disruptive innovation to develop a novel endoscopic multiband ligator.
METHODS: We designed and tested a prototype handle 'ENDOhandle' using computer-aided design modeling and exported a cap, trigger cord and latex to form a functional banding unit.
RESULTS: The cost of the banding unit was US$4.80 compared with several hundred US dollars for commercially available devices in the USA.
CONCLUSIONS: Disruptive innovation technology developed an inexpensive ligator for resource-challenged health settings.
METHODS: We designed and tested a prototype handle 'ENDOhandle' using computer-aided design modeling and exported a cap, trigger cord and latex to form a functional banding unit.
RESULTS: The cost of the banding unit was US$4.80 compared with several hundred US dollars for commercially available devices in the USA.
CONCLUSIONS: Disruptive innovation technology developed an inexpensive ligator for resource-challenged health settings.