Researchers have developed and are testing a small, implanted gastric balloon that people can inflate or deflate to feel full ...

MIT engineers have revealed a new gastric balloon design that can inflate on demand to make you feel full before meals.

Gastric balloons-silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach-can help people lose weight by making ...

B ack in the early 2000s, Gastric Band Surgery (LAP-Band) was seen as the new frontier in weight loss. However, by 2019, it ...

Approved for use in the United States, saline filled gastric balloons stimulate a sense of fullness in the stomach, and ...

The balloon, composed of silicone and appropriate for inflation and deflation, is intended to help individuals manage their ...

Engineers designed a new type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated as needed. It could offer an alternative for people who don't want to undergo more invasive treatments such as ...

If successful in human trials, this new gastric balloon could offer a solution for those unsuitable for surgery or those who ...

Inflated balloons that trick the stomach into feeling full have long been used for weight loss. The problem is that they become less effective the longer they stay inflated. Now, MIT engineers have ...

MIT researchers have developed a type of gastric balloon that can be inflated and deflated in a person's stomach to mimic the ...

The new gastric balloon is implanted within the stomach ... "For certain patients who are higher-risk, who cannot undergo surgery or did not tolerate the [weight-loss] medication or had some ...

the new gastric balloon could offer an alternative to existing obesity treatments. Other treatments for obesity include gastric bypass surgery, “stomach stapling” (a surgical procedure in ...