| Allergan, Covidien to market Lap-Band
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Allergan Inc., (Nachrichten) which makes Botox and sells surgical weight-loss devices, said Monday it will co-promote its Lap-Band product with health care products provider Covidien Ltd (Nachrichten) . The Lap-Band is an adjustable gastric band, a device surgically implanted around the stomach to help severely obese patients lose weight by forcibly limiting food intake. The procedure is an alternative to more invasive gastric bypass surgery, commonly known as stomach stapling. Under the multi-year agreement, which became effective Nov. 9, Covidien will co-promote Allergan's Lap-Band to bariatric and other surgeons in the United States. Pembroke, Bermuda-based Covidien makes medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Covidien's sales representatives will help educate and train surgeons on the Lap-Band procedure, which costs roughly $12,000 to $20,000.
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A Loing Battle: Scaling down
It's somewhat funny to think back 14 months when I finally decided to risk my life and undergo bariatric weight loss surgery. At 509 pounds, I was afraid I'd die on the operating table.
If I had not made the decision, however, I may not have lived to see my youngest son Brad play his first season of flag football this fall because I was on the fast road to an early death.
I made the decision that was in the best interest of me and my family, and on Sept. 20, 2006, my life changed forever when I had the surgery. I was the largest patient that Presbyterian Hospital of Denton ever got approved for the Lap-Band procedure.
My main goal was to lose 100 pounds. I figured I could live another 10 years and see both of my boys through high school if I could get down to 400 pounds.
(AFX UK Focus) 2007-11-12 15:42 GMT: Allergan, Covidien to market Lap-Band
IRVINE, Calif. (AP) - Allergan Inc., which makes Botox and sells surgical weight-loss devices, said Monday it will co-promote its Lap-Band product with health care products provider Covidien Ltd. The Lap-Band is an adjustable gastric band, a device surgically implanted around the stomach to help severely obese patients lose weight by forcibly limiting food intake. The procedure is an alternative to more invasive gastric bypass surgery, commonly known as stomach stapling. Under the multi-year agreement, which became effective Nov. 9, Covidien will co-promote Allergan's Lap-Band to bariatric and other surgeons in the United States. Pembroke, Bermuda-based Covidien makes medical devices and pharmaceutical products. Covidien's sales representatives will help educate and train surgeons on the Lap-Band procedure, which costs roughly $12,000 to $20,000.
Help For The Obese: Bariatric Partners Lands $12M In New Financing For Weight Loss Surgical Centers
CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Bariatric Partners, one of two Charlotte-based startups focused on surgery as a means of helping obese people lose weight, has closed on $12 million in new venture capital. The "B" round comes just over a year after Bariatric Partners launched in September of 2005 with $12.55 million financing. Bariatric is derived from the Greek words for "weight" and "treatment." Bariatric surgery involves sealing off most of the stomach to reduce the amount a food can eat or rearrange the small intestine to reduce the amount of calories a body can absorb. Bariatric Partners utilizes laparoscopic adjustable gastric band, or LAGB, surgery. A surgeon inserts an adjustable silicone band that is subsequently adjusted over time. This technique does not divide any portion of the stomach or intestine.
Hurley Medical Center Enhances Customer Service Capabilities With Beryl Partnership
Hurley Medical Center, a 443-bed hospital, announced today that it will expand its physician referral and class registration services so they will be available over the phone and online 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The medical center has selected The Beryl Companies, the nation's leading healthcare-exclusive customer interaction center, as its partner to provide these online and telephone customer services. .
Health calendar
Some events coming up in the area: EVENTS, ANNOUNCEMENTS
A Montgomery Family Christmas, a benefit for Baptist Hospice, will begin at 7 p.m. Nov. 27 at Frazer Memorial United Methodist Church. The entertainers for the evening will be David Phelps, who will bring his new Christmas production, "One Wintry Night," and comedian Thor Ramsey. Tickets are on sale and available at LifeWay Christian Store in EastChase, Frazer church, Maxwell Air Force Base, Itickets.com and the Baptist Health Care Foundation office. Reserved tickets are $20, general admission tickets are $15 and groups of 10 or more are $10 each. If you would like to become a sponsor, call Dawn Railey at 273-4565.
Celebration of Life Christmas trees. Celebrate the memory of a lost loved one by placing an ornament on one of these trees, which will be at each area Baptist Health hospital.
Allergan, Covidien to Market Lap-Band
Allergan Inc., which makes Botox and sells surgical weight-loss devices, said Monday it will co-promote its Lap-Band product with health care products provider Covidien Ltd. The Lap-Band is an adjustable gastric band, a device surgically implanted around the stomach to help severely obese patients lose weight by forcibly limiting food intake. The procedure is an alternative to more invasive gastric bypass surgery, commonly known as stomach stapling. .
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