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Cairn Introduces Spirulina Gastric Emptying Breath Test

March 29, 2016

Brentwood, Tenn.-based Cairn Diagnostics has launched the C-Spirulina gastric emptying breath test, which is designed to measure the rate of solid-phase gastric emptying and facilitate the diagnosis of gastroparesis in symptomatic adults.

The test was given the green light by the FDA in April 2015 and validated against gastric scintigraphy, the company says.

Patients consume a test meal and then breath samples are collected and sent to a Cairn laboratory for analysis. A comprehensive report is then compiled and sent to the clinician. — Anisa Jibrell