Allurion Swallowable Gastric Balloon (Allurion Elipse Gastric Balloon) is the world's first gastric balloon that does not require endoscopy and anesthesia. It has the same effect and mechanism as other gastric balloons. The first gastric balloons were used for weight loss in the 1980s. Since the endoscopic gastric balloon is placed in the stomach, inflated and removed at the end of the treatment requires anesthesia and endoscopy, the Elipse swallowable gastric balloon was developed in the 2010s and with this advantage it has become the most widely used gastric balloon in the world.
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