BiBBInstruments AB informed that clinical evaluation with EndoDrill® GI has started at two additional hospitals in Scandinavia. Several patient cases have been successfully performed at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen, Norway, as well as at the University Hospital in Örebro. This means that EndoDrill® GI is now being evaluated in Sweden (Karolinska University Hospital and Örebro University Hospital), Norway (Haukeland University Hospital) and the USA (UC Davis Health, Sacramento).

The evaluations have so far provided a clear picture of a user-friendly, safe, and effective biopsy instrument that has been called, among other things, a "game changer". Further case studies are planned at more hospitals in the US and Europe. BiBB's team has recently been on site introducing EndoDrill® GI in Norway and Sweden.

Dr. Khanh Do-Cong Pham at Haukeland University Hospital in Bergen became the first user to evaluate EndoDrill® GI in Norway. Dr. Pham himself writes about his impression of EndoDrill® GI on LinkedIn* and he has also posted a video, in which Dr. Pham describes that he managed to obtain a core biopsy of a recurrent gastric cancer to demonstrate deeper infiltration. He further explains that the instrument did not cause any bleeding and can be considered atraumatic (gentle).

The evaluation in Bergen will now continue. During the week, several patient cases were performed at Örebro University Hospital. Dr. Robert Glavas, who previously participated in a pilot study with EndoDrill® GI, was well acquainted with the instrument.

It was the first time BiBB used the new industrialized motor unit, which is significantly more compact than its predecessor. The cases were varied and challenging, involving pancreatic tumors, lymph nodes, and the gastric wall. Sampling with EndoDrill® GI provided a series of true core biopsies.

The evaluation at Örebro University Hospital will now continue.