As we near the end of 2024 and step into 2025, there are more innovative solutions revolutionizing how clinicians diagnose, treat, and manage gastrointestinal disorders. From AI-driven diagnostics to cutting-edge minimally invasive procedures, these technologies promise to enhance patient outcomes and redefine the boundaries of what’s possible in GI care.
In this blog, Invenia Group Associate Director Tanya Ridding explores the most impactful GI technologies that have helped shape the medtech industry in 2024.
Artificial Intelligence
AI-powered technology during colonoscopy screenings help detect lesions and provide a significant increase in ADR. Innovators include:
- Insign Medical/AAEON – EndoDass
- Medtronic – GI Genius
- Satisfai Health – Amicai, Curai
- Olympus Corporation of the Americas – EndoBRAIN-EYE
- Wision A.I. – EndoScreener
- EndoSoft – Argus
- Odin Vision (Olympus) – Caddie
- Magentiq Eye Ltd.– MagentiqColo
- FUJIFILM Healthcare Americas Corporation – CAD-EYE
- PENTAX Medical – DISCOVERY
- NEC Corporation – WISE VISION
Non-invasive CRC screening
While colonoscopy remains the gold standard, up to 40% of people are not being routinely screened. Less invasive options can improve compliance and diagnosis.
Innovators include:
- Guardant Health – Shield Test
- Exact Sciences – Cologuard Plus
- Geneoscopy – CRC-Prevent
Capsule endoscopy
A swallowable pill containing a camera can aid diagnosis for cancers and GI diseases, particularly in the small bowel. Innovators include:
- Medtronic GI – PillCam
- CapsoVision, Inc. – CapsoCam
- AnX Robotica Corp – NaviCam
- Olympus Corporation – EndoCapsule
- BioCam – BioCam EndoCapsule
- IntroMedic Co.,Ltd – MiroCam
- Check-Cap Ltd. – CScan
- Endiatx – PillBot
Barrett’s oesophagus
Barrett’s Oesophagus is often associated with GERD or chronic heartburn and can be a pre-cursor to oesophageal cancer, requiring surveillance. Innovators include:
- ResTech – Stretta
- Implantica – RefluxStop
- EndoGastric Solutions / Merit Medical Endotek Medical – TIF 2.0
- Cyted Health – EndoSign
- BÂRRX Medical / Medtronic – HALO RF
- CDx Diagnostics®– WATS3d
- Boston Scientific – Captivator
- Mauna Kea Technologies – Cellvizio
- Previse – Esopredict
- Lucid Diagnostics – EsoCheck
- Johnson & Johnson MedTech | Surgery – LINX
- Castle Biosciences, Inc. – TissueCypher
Endoscopic ultrasound
EUS can detect GI diseases as well as those that cannot be detected from the GI tract alone, including pancreatic cancer. Innovators include:
- EndoSound – EVS
- Limaca Medical Ltd – Precision GI
- Micro-Tech Endoscopy – EUS Needles
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