The capsule is ingested and then the gastric balloon is filled with water to create a sense of fullness - ALLURION/PA Obese patients have taken a water balloon weight loss pill on the NHS for the ...

A new type of weight-loss pill is being given to NHS patients that contains a gastric balloon which is swallowed and then filled with water. The treatment, which can be delivered in 15 minutes, is ...

Combining a swallowable gastric balloon with a weight loss drug may be a way to lose significant body weight, a new study suggests. In about eight months of combination treatment, participants lost an ...

If only weight loss were as easy as swallowing a pill — and now, it might be. Doctors from Italy have developed an easy-to-swallow capsule that fills with water to create a small balloon after it ...

Microcap Allurion Technologies (NYSE:ALUR) surged ~31% in after-hours trading Thursday after posting preliminary data on weight loss associated with its gastric balloon in combination with Novo ...

MIT engineers have revealed a new gastric balloon design that can inflate on demand to make you feel full before meals. Reading time 2 minutes Imagine a professional inflating a balloon with a small ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. Adults with obesity who received a novel gastric balloon ...

A new treatment for overweight and obesity combining the world’s first and only procedureless swallowable gastric balloon—that is placed without surgery, endoscopy or anaesthesia and passes out of the ...

Gastric balloons - silicone balloons filled with air or saline and placed in the stomach - can help people lose weight by making them feel too full to overeat. However, this effect eventually can wear ...

A. The gastric balloon is a new therapy in the United States for people who have struggled with weight loss. It is a tool to aid patients in weight loss by helping them adjust the amount of food they ...

DUBLIN — A swallowable gastric balloon (Allurion Balloon, formerly known as Elipse) combined with daily subcutaneous injections of the glucagon-like peptide 1 (GLP-1) agonist liraglutide (Saxenda, ...