Gastric Balloon
Orbera® helps you eat less to lose weight without invasive surgery.
A safe, non-surgical, non-invasive, non-permanent, incision-free weight-loss program.
Obera Balloon
ORBERA365™ is a durable gastric balloon made out of soft silicone. While it is temporarily in your stomach for 12 months it encourages your body to adapt to healthier portion sizes. The shape and volume of the stomach balloon takes up enough space in your stomach to help you adapt to healthier portion sizes. The technology and design of the balloon helps patients lose up to 3x the weight of diet and exercise alone.
A small balloon inflated in your stomach helps you lose weight
A gastric balloon, which lies in your stomach for up to six months is intended to limit the amount you can eat. It can help you lose sufficient weight to benefit your health. The procedure, which takes 20-30 minutes, can also help get your weight down to a level so you can become a candidate for other long term weight loss procedures such as a gastric band.
The procedure takes around 20-30 minutes and is performed under local anaesthetic (a throat spray) and / or sedation so you are relaxed but awake. The gastric balloon is inserted in the mouth and oesophagus through endoscopy (threading a thin telescopic instrument down your throat) directly into your stomach and then inflated with saline to produce artificial bulk in the stomach. This fills a part of your stomach, which should help to make you feel full for longer which in turn reduces your ability to consume large volumes of food or fluid in one intake.
As this procedure is only aimed at providing a temporary weight loss solution, the balloon is left in situation for either 6 or 12 months.