AspireAssist: a tap in the stomach to fight obesity…
What if to fight obesity it was enough to simply opena tap to empty our stomach! A bit crazy isn’t it? And yet this is what 3 American doctors have just invented.
The device is in the form of a pump consisting of a tube 6 mm in diameter that will be connected inside the stomach. The second end will be a container located outside the body.
How can this work?
The installation of the device is done during a simple surgical procedure under local anesthesia, and lasts barely fifteen minutes. The person benefiting from the system will only have to open the small tap located outside his body to emptyabout 30% of the amount of food ingested, the latter will then be collected in the small container, it will then remain only to simply empty the contents in the toilet. Of course, it will be necessary to “purge” the stomach before the calories are absorbed by the body, that is to say right after taking the meal.
For whom?
The device called AspireAssist will only be intended for morbidly obese patients over the age of 22. It will allow them to lose up to 20 kg over a year. But of course there aremany contraindications.
Indeed, to be able to circulate in the small 6 mm tube of the device, the food must be in very small pieces, or even liquid. The AspireAssist is therefore contraindicated for people suffering from food compulsions, often swallowing food without chewing it, or practically not.
The pump is also contraindicated for people with untreated high blood pressure, gastric ulcers, chronic inflammation of the intestines, or pregnant or breastfeeding women.
Watch the official AspireAssist video
The video is in English but you can activate the French subtitles by clicking on the icon to the left of the gear (after hovering over the video with the mouse).
One more step in the fight against obesity
This device is therefore one more step in trying to fight against the immense scourge of obesity in the world. The pump having a tube of a very small diameter, it will therefore not encourage patients to eat everything without paying attention to their diet. The studies on this system(1) showing that patients could lose up to 20 kg per year is also A selling point ..
The FDA (Food and Drug Administration), the health authority in charge of the control of medical products and devices in the United States, has just authorized the marketing of the device .
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