Noninvasive Metabolic Control
The concept of metabolic control is to control the body’s natural metabolism, “reengineering” metabolic pathways to achieve the desired response. The EndoBarrier™ changes the metabolic pathway by controlling how food moves through the digestive system, similar to the effect of gastric bypass surgery. However, the EndoBarrier™ is a non-surgical, noninvasive approach, which makes it unique among highly effective obesity interventions.
Because it is designed to mimic the effects of gastric bypass surgery, the same metabolic control of diabetes documented after surgery may be realized with the EndoBarrier™. Eighty-four percent of patients immediately resolve diabetes with gastric bypass surgery, a phenomenon found to occur as a primary, specific, and direct effect of this surgery, not secondary to the weight loss.