(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(Raymond Grumney/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
Controlling reflux with magnets
The Linx is a medical device that looks like a small bracelet with magnetic-core titanium beads. The Linx is placed surgically around a patient's lower esophagus. The magnetic ring is designed to open up to make way for food and burps, but stay closed at other times to prevent stomach acid from entering the esophagus.
May 15, 2015 at 9:12PM
Family members and a lawyer say they have been blocked from access to the bedside of Bonfilia Sanchez Dominguez, while her husband was detained and shipped to Texas within 24 hours.
