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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
A US patent application has been made for an unlikely weight loss tool: a tube installed from inside the stomach, out the abdominal wall, that allows patients to manually pump their meal straight out.
Aspiration Therapy, designed by Philadelphia-based Aspire Bariatrics, is intended to be a non-invasive alternative to a gastric bypass -- the "A-tube" installation process looks like a bit of a mouthful though. On the upside, according to a video on the company's website the whole ordeal takes under 20 minutes and patients can return home within a couple of hours.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/04/self-stomach-pump-for-dieters
What on Earth will they think of next??? 😱
Aspiration Therapy, designed by Philadelphia-based Aspire Bariatrics, is intended to be a non-invasive alternative to a gastric bypass -- the "A-tube" installation process looks like a bit of a mouthful though. On the upside, according to a video on the company's website the whole ordeal takes under 20 minutes and patients can return home within a couple of hours.
http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-01/04/self-stomach-pump-for-dieters
What on Earth will they think of next??? 😱