E-Z-EM, Inc. (NASDAQ:EZEM - News) today announced the launch of the CO(2)EFFICIENT(TM) Endoscopic Insufflator, a new device for insufflating the upper and lower gastrointestinal tract with carbon dioxide (CO(2)) gas. Based on the Company’s popular PROTOCO(2)L(TM) device for CT Colonography, CO(2)EFFICIENT provides a quick and easy way to adapt the use of CO(2) gas insufflation to procedures such as Colonoscopy, Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), and Enteroscopy. The Company is exhibiting the device at the Digestive Disease Week convention in Los Angeles, CA from May 21-24, 2006.
