Lap-Band® 2.0 FLEX for Surgeons
Adjustable, Reversible Gastric Band for Lasting Weight Loss with the Latest Innovation – the FLEX Tubing.
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For your patients looking for gastric band surgery for long-term treatment of metabolic diseases and obesity, Lap-Band could be the right choice. Lap-Band is an FDA-approved adjustable gastric band that helps individuals feel full sooner and stay full for a longer time, leading to lasting weight loss.
Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX
The Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX with FLEX Tubing is the latest advancement in laparoscopic adjustable gastric band for the treatment of metabolic diseases and obesity.
The adjustable Lap-Band is designed to promote weight loss by limiting food consumption and inducing early satiety.
How it Works
The FLEX Tubing acts as a reservoir that can expand to hold extra saline out of the band cuff, allowing the band stoma to temporarily dilate and facilitate the passage of a food bolus through the band. After the bolus passes, the slightly expanded reservoirs will then contract back to their steady original state and push the saline back in the band cuff.
Reverting the band cuff pressure back to its original state, pressure is maintained to ensure a feeling of fullness.
Note: The laparoscopic band is also available without the FLEX Tubing.
Benefits of Lap-Band
The Lap-Band procedure is a minimally invasive laparoscopic procedure with sustainable weight loss results.
New Design Innovation in Lap-Band® - The Flex Tubing Technology
The next-generation adjustable Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX comes with FLEX Tubing, which acts as a reservoir that can expand to hold extra saline out of the band cuff.
The FLEX Difference
The Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX Tubing allows for lower internal band pressure, greater fill volume, and more gradual increase in pressure for each cc of fill volume than the band alone.
Normal Reservoir Fill
Expanded Reservoir Fill
Benefits
Non-Anatomy Altering
Lap-Band requires no cutting or stapling of the stomach, offering a reversible, non-anatomy altering1 option.
Improvement in Health Conditions
Lap-Band placement can help improve certain health conditions, such as Type 2 Diabetes2.
Low Complication Rates
Lap-Band placement has low complication rates3.
Effective Solution for Obesity
Lap-Band patients keep off 60 percent of excess body weight on average after five years of having it4.
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The Lap-Band procedure has been performed over 1,000,000 times worldwide5.
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Patients with a lower BMI lose an average of 65% of their excess weight in the first year and 70% in the second year6.
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The Lap-Band procedure is performed same-day, and the process usually takes less than an hour7.
References:
1. The Lap-Band® System Surgical Aid in the Treatment of Obesity – a decision guide for adults. Austin, TX: Apollo Endosurgery, Inc; 2014 GRF-00305-00R01.
2. Dixon, John et al. JAMA Vol 299 No 3 Jan 2008. Adjustable Gastric Banding and Conventional Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
3. DeMaria Eric, Pate Virginia, Warthen Michael, Winegar Deborah. Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases 6. 2010. Baseline data from American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery-designated Bariatric Surgery Centers of Excellence using the Bariatric Outcomes Longitudinal Database.
4. O’Brien, Annemarie Hindle, Leah Brennan, Stewart Skinner, Paul Burton, et al. “Long-Term Outcomes After Bariatric Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Weight Loss at 10 or More Years for All Bariatric Procedures and a Single-Centre Review of 20-Year Outcomes After Adjustable Gastric Banding.” Obesity Surgery. The Journal of Metabolic Surgery and Allied Care. Published online: 06 October 2018. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-018-3525-0.
5. Data on File. ReShape Lifesciences, Inc.
6. Robert Michaelson, Diane K. Murphy, Todd M. Gross, and Scott M. Whitcup. LAP-BAND® for Lower BMI: 2-Year Results from the Multicenter Pivotal Study. Obesity (2013) 21:1148–1158.
7. Hutter Matthew, et al. First Report from the American College of Surgeons Bariatric Surgery Center Network: Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy has Morbidity and Effectiveness Positioned Between the Band and the Bypass. September 2001.
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Important Lap-Band System Safety Information
The Lap-Band Systems are approved for adults with a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 40 or higher, or a BMI of at least 30 with health conditions related to obesity, who have not seen success with other weight loss methods, such as supervised diet, exercise, and behavior modification programs. Choosing this surgery means committing to changes in eating habits for the long term.