Bariatric News

Medtronic has announced significant milestones to unlock expanded indications for the Hugo robotic-assisted surgery (RAS) system in the US. The company has submitted 510(k) clearance for gynaecological surgery, general surgery indication including hernia repair, the LigaSure RAS Maryland instrument and for the ProGrip Advanced mesh for use in robotic-assisted ventral hernia repa...

The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has issued a new patent to Wayne State University and RediMinds that protects a technology that aims to detect and visualize arterial bleeding during surgeries. US Patent No. 12,635,098 B2 is titled, ‘Systems and Methods for Detecting, Localizing, Assessing and Visualizing Bleeding in a Surgical Field’ and recognises an inven...

Researchers at New York University Tandon School of Engineering have developed a new stent to treat gastric leaks. Their prototype, called the Lily stent, is the first product of a design framework the researchers named Personalized Endoscopic Transmural Abscess Leak Solution (PETALS), a mathematical approach to optimizing drain shape for complex biological fluids that the team ...

Weight loss drugs such as semaglutide (Wegovy/Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) are transforming obesity treatment, but without affordable, healthy food and appropriate support, they could widen health inequalities in the UK, according to researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge, UK. The researchers argue that while incretin-based therapies, als...

A novel PET imaging framework reveals that bariatric surgery impacts not only body weight, but also the metabolic function of multiple organs. These PET-derived insights into organ-level responses to surgery could support more precise treatment monitoring and personalized metabolic care, according to a study, ‘Evaluation of organic metabolic profiling alternation assessed by [18...