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The Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (대한소화기내시경학회)
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A Novel Endoscopic Mouthpiece for COVID-19 Prevention

  • Takuto Hikichi (Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Nakamura Jun (Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital) ;
  • Koichi Hamada (Department of Gastroenterology, Southern Tohoku General Hospital) ;
  • Daiki Nemoto (Department of Coloproctology, Fukushima Medical University Aizu Medical Center)
  • Received : 2021.05.31
  • Accepted : 2021.06.02
  • Published : 2022.01.30
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Acknowledgement

We wish to express our deepest appreciation to Mr. Ichiro Sato and Mr. Taiki Ogawa at KSM Co., Ltd. for creating the mouthpiece; to Mr. Shoichi Uratani, Ms. Rieko Takahashi, and Mr. Kenichi Tabata at the Advanced Technology Center, corporate R&D headquarters, Konica Minolta, Inc. for their basic experimental support; to Mr. Tsuyoshi Ishibashi and Ms. Emiko Hayashi at the Medical Industry Cluster Promotion Unit, Fukushima Prefectural Government; to Mr. Keita Suzuki at the Fukushima Medical Device Industry Promotion Agency for their advice on this study; to Dr. Ryoichiro Kobashi at the Department of Endoscopy, Fukushima Medical University Hospital; and to Dr. Hiroshi Shimizu and Dr. Naoto Abe at the Department of Gastroenterology, Fukushima Medical University for their basic experimental support and advice on this study.

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