Wilhelm, D.
Vogel, T.
Jell, A.
Brunner, S.
Kranzfelder, M.
Wantia, N.
Feussner, H.
Ostler, D.
Koller, S.
Funding for this research was provided by:
Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy of Bavaria (ZF 4353702AW7)
Article History
Received: 20 December 2019
Accepted: 26 March 2020
First Online: 6 April 2020
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The study was granted by the ZIM programme of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy of Bavaria (BMWi). Ovesco (Ovesco Endoscopy AG, Tübingen, Germany) gratuitously supported the animal survival study with OTS clips. S. Koller is Head of Innovation & Product Development of Röchling Medical Waldachtal AG (Waldachtal/Germany). Authors D. Wilhelm, T. Vogel, A. Jell, S. Brunner, M. Kranzfelder, N. Wantia, H. Feussner, D. Ostler, and S. Koller have no conflicts of interest or financial ties to disclose.