Device failures associated with gastric pacemakers: A MAUDE database analysis

Physiologic emptying of the stomach and subsequent coordinated contractile propagation of its contents is an essential function of the gastrointestinal system which helps to sustain life. This process - described as peristalsis - occurs partly as a result of gastric contractions which are generated by myogenic slow waves in the smooth muscle [ 1 Sanders K.N. Publicover N.G. Handbook of physiology, section 6 the gastrointestinal system. Americal...