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New Weight-Loss Device To Be Tested
New Weight-Loss Device To Be Tested -- Posted by Gumbo on 11-05-04 17:50
New Weight-Loss Device To Be Tested
October 22, 2004
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Portland has been chosen as one of three nationwide
sites where doctors will begin testing new weight-loss surgery technology
designed to reduce weight without dramatic changes to digestive systems.
By this December, doctors at Legacy Good Samaritan Hospital & Medical Center
plan to begin implanting a pacemaker-like device in six to eight test
patients. The device will fire electronic pulses through tiny wires leading
to the stomach wall.
The hoped-for result is that the body will be tricked into feeling full
after eating a small amount of food, followed by gradual weight loss.
Obese patients fed up with diets that don't produce lasting results are
increasingly turning to weight-loss surgery for help. The most common forms
of the surgery rearrange the body's anatomy, either by stapling parts of the
stomach or changing the pathway for digestion.
The method that will be tested in Portland, "leaves the stomach as is," said
Dr. Emma Patterson, the director of Legacy's Obesity Institute who will
implant the Tantalus in Portland-area patients. "That's the appealing part
of it."
The device will also be tested in Los Angeles and Cleveland.
If tests prove successful, MetaCure, the device's Dutch maker, plans to ask
the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for approval to conduct a longer-term
study.
A Tantalus patient manual cautions that surgically implanting the device may
cause infection, perforations of the stomach or bowel, or other
complications. It also notes a small risk of death.
Tantalus tests have shown complication-free results so far, said Walid
Haddad, the manager overseeing MetaCure's obesity project.
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