Abbate, Gabriella
Colombo, Sebastiano Maria
Semenzin, Clayton
Sato, Noriko
Liu, Keibun
Ainola, Carmen
Milani, Angelo
Fior, Gabriele
Obonyo, Nchafatso
White, Nicole
Chiumello, Davide
Pauls, Jo
Suen, Jacky Y.
Fraser, John F.
Li Bassi, Gianluigi
Funding for this research was provided by:
Aspisafe Ltd, NY, NY, USA
Article History
Received: 25 September 2023
Accepted: 15 April 2024
First Online: 29 April 2024
Competing interests
: This study was funded by Aspisafe™, the manufacturer of the Aspisafe™ novel esophageal balloon tested in this study. Aspisafe™ did not have any involvement in study design, data collection, analysis, interpretation, or manuscript preparation. Gabriella Abbate declares no competing interests; Sebastiano Maria Colombo declares no competing interests; Clayton Semenzin declares no competing interests; Noriko Sato, declares no competing interests; Keibun Liu declares no competing interests; Carmen Ainola declares no competing interests; Angelo Milani declares no competing interests; Gabriele Fior declares no competing interests; Nchafatso Obonyo declares no competing interests; Nicole White declares no competing interests; Davide Chiumello declares no competing interests; Jo Pauls declares no competing interests; Jacky Suen declares no competing interests; John Fraser received research funds through his affiliated institution from Aspisafe™; Gianluigi Li Bassi received research funds through his affiliated institution from Aspisafe™.