The tool is called a gastroscope and because of this, patients may have been exposed to blood-borne viruses, including Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C and HIV.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 4, 2006] Reference

GOLDBERG: Administrative Nurse Cindy Steckel says the nurse in question partially sterilized the gastroscope, but not completely.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 4, 2006] Reference

Dr. Narinder Kapany invented fiber optics and designed a glass gastroscope which can be snaked down the throat for a detailed view of the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Unproductive Game] Reference

On August 25, district surgeon Dr Wendy Orr - now on the TRC's reparations and rehabilitation committee - diagnosed weight loss and transferred him to Livingstone Hospital where a gastroscope was performed.    From Wordnik.com.  [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference

I have visited many Chinese hospitals in the past 10 years, while consulting for pharmaceutical clients, when you enter any hospital in China, there is a price board (like the timetable in a train station, as in the picture, via Bingfeng), specifying how much each consultation cost, how much it costs for using gastroscope (imported gastroscope can charge a higher price tham domestic equipments), etc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Price control in Chinese hospitals] Reference

A gastroscope, 10 mm. X 70 cm., is useful for adults, especially in cases of gastroptosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

A window plug (Fig. 6) is inserted into the ocular end of the gastroscope for the ballooning procedure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The stomach of any individual having a normal esophagus and normal spine can be explored with an open-tube gastroscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The method of introduction of the gastroscope through the esophagus is precisely the same as the introduction of the esophagoscope (q.v.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

A lateral motion of from 10 to 17 cm. can be imparted to the gastroscope, provided the diaphragmatic musculature is relaxed by deep anesthesia.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

In surgery, the Kaplan team managed to pull the handle back into the stomach and then pull it out via her throat with the loop on a gastroscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [JPost Headlines] Reference

K, child's size esophagoscope, 7 mm. X 45 cm.; L, adult's size esophagoscope, full lumen construction, 9 mm. x 45 cm.; M, adult's size gastroscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The gastroscope is of the same construction as the esophagoscope, with the exception that it is made longer, in order to reach all parts of the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The CT scan, MRI, mammography, endoscope and gastroscope, a statement said, have all been waiting for service or spare parts for months, in some cases years.    From Wordnik.com.  [WHAT REALLY HAPPENED] Reference

The open-tube gastroscope may be closed with a window plug (Fig. 6) having a rubber diaphragm with a central perforation for forceps, when it is desired to inflate the stomach.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Invention of The Fundus Patch which may be introduced to the gastric cavity through fine gastroscope and attached to the gastric wall through its micro-needles at the "ESSS" area.    From Wordnik.com.  [American Chronicle] Reference

In ordinary cases, the regular esophagoscopes for adults and children respectively will afford a good view of the stomach, but there are cases which require longer tubes, and for these a gastroscope 10 mm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

Relaxation by general anesthesia permits lateral displacement of the dome of the diaphragm along with the esophagus, and thus makes possible a wider range of motion of the distal end of the gastroscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The optical system, however, interferes with the insertion of instruments, so that the open-tube gastroscope is required for the removal of gastric foreign bodies, the palpation of, or sponging secretions from, gastric lesions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

8, View in the stomach with the open-tube gastroscope.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference

The best lens-system gastroscope is that of Henry.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery] Reference