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Lap-Band®
2.0 FLEX
The Lap-Band® 2.0 FLEX is the latest innovation in weight loss solutions, designed for comfort and results.
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The FLEX difference
Featuring advanced FLEX Tubing technology, this next-generation system is designed to provide a FLEXible weight loss experience tailored to your needs. The Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX Tubing allows for lower internal band pressure, and greater fill volume.
How Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX works
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Modulate
The FLEX Tubing allows the band to modulate the internal band pressure to reduce the potential of a high-pressure or “red-zone” event, such as swallowing a large, unchewed bolus of food.
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Dilate
The FLEX Tubing allows the fluid inside the band cuff to flow from the band into the tubing, allowing the band’s stoma to temporarily dilate.
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Stabilize
Once the bolus passes, fluid returns to the band cuff from the FLEX Tubing, regaining its original pressure and staying in the “green zone.”
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Experience
The FLEXibility you need to develop your new healthy eating habits.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX is the latest advancement in laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding. It contains a Compliant Tubing System that is designed to modulate intraband pressure to accommodate the passage of larger food bolus, while maintaining a constant state of restriction.
Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX has a Compliant Tubing acts as a reservoir within the system. It can expand to hold extra saline out of the band, allowing the band stoma to temporarily dilate and facilitate the passage of a food bolus through the band. This temporary self-adjustment may reduce the potential for food obstructions and relieve the high intraluminal gastric pressure that is often associated with discomfort, regurgitation, or vomiting. After the bolus passes, the slightly expanded reservoir will then contract back to its steady original state and push the saline back in the band tubing.
Your weight loss strategy depends on your surgeons advise and your choice. Lap-Band has definite virtues which give it an edge over choices like gastric sleeve, these are; It is adjustable, reversible (can be ex-planted), and does not change your anatomy.
Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX system improves the overall weight loss journey. It has an advanced design to reduce instances of food obstructions and relieve discomfort, regurgitation, or vomiting. It has a compliant tubing, which modulates intraband pressure to accommodate the passage of larger food bolus, while maintaining a constant state of restriction.
Yes, Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX in is adjustable. Volume of saline which is used to inflate these pouches can be adjusted according to your needs. This adjustment of the fill volume is done though an access port which is connected to the Lap-Band and placed subcutaneously in the abdomen.
People with a BMI >30 with one or more obesity related comorbidities and people with BMI of >40 without any other comorbidity are eligible for Lap-Band and Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX.
Yes, Lap-Band 2.0 FLEX is a safe and minimally invasive procedure. To know more about Lap-Band related warnings visit: Lap-band Safety
Yes In 2001, the US FDA approved the clinical application of the Lap-Band system for the treatment of morbid obesity. Lap-Band 2.0 Flex is the same design with addition of a flex tubing to make its outcome more comfortable for the patient.
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, like supervised diet, exercise, and behavior modification programs. Choosing this surgery means committing to changes in eating habits for the long term.
The Lap-Band procedure is not approved for individuals under 18 yo, those with conditions that may make them poor surgical candidates or lead to poor results, such as inflammatory or cardiopulmonary diseases, problems with the stomach and digestion, symptoms or family history of autoimmune disease, scarring of the liver, individuals unable or unwilling to follow the necessary dietary restrictions, individuals with alcohol or drug addictions, or those currently pregnant. Individuals who become pregnant after band placement may require deflation of their bands.
The Lap-Band Systems, a long-term tool, may need to be adjusted if you get pregnant, sick, or malnourished. Be careful with anti-inflammatory drugs as they could make the band wear away. Like any surgery, placement of the Lap-Band may have complications such as risks from drugs and methods used, general surgery risks, how well your body handles a foreign object, or in rare cases, risk of death.
As with any surgical procedure, there are risks associated with metabolic and bariatric surgery that you and your doctor should discuss. Potential risks associated with the Lap-Band include nausea, vomiting, heartburn, stomach blockage, constipation, swallowing difficulty, diarrhea, abnormal stools, abdominal pain, weakness, incision pain, infection, fever, hernia, chest pain, band movement, stomach pouch expansion, unusual healing, pain at the port site, port movement, and/or hair loss. Additional surgery might be needed. Losing weight quickly could lead to complications requiring more surgery.
Talk to your doctor, and/or visit our website at www.lapband.com/safety/ for more information on its benefits and risks.
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