It’s simple. The REALIZE Personalized Banding Solution offers more than just a gastric band. It is a solution that will help you to lead a new life. You’ll feel better physically and emotionally, and you’ll be able to improve your health significantly.

Health Benefits

The following are some of the most common health conditions associated with obesity and how gastric banding helps to resolve or improve those conditions:

Weight Loss Benefits

The REALIZE Personalized Banding Solution can also provide you with the following weight loss benefits:

• Patients in a 3-year clinical trial lost a mean of 40 percent of their excess weight at one year and 43% at three years.
• In the same trial, patients were able to reduce their (average) BMI from 44 to 36 in the first year after surgery. Patients were able to maintain their reduced BMI through their third year.
• Food digestion happens through normal digestion, and healthy weight loss occurs at a target rate of 1-2 pounds per week 8

Product and Surgery Benefits

The REALIZE Personalized Banding Solution also offers the following product and surgery benefits that will help to put your mind at ease about the banding procedure as well as the recovery:

• The REALIZE Band is implanted using laparoscopic surgery — a procedure that involves smaller incisions and less tissue trauma than open surgery — resulting in shorter hospital stays, faster recovery, smaller scars, and less pain than open surgical procedures.
• No band is safer or more effective for weight loss than the REALIZE Band.
• No adjustable gastric band has a lower leak rate than the REALIZE Band.
• The REALIZE Band is adjustable so if the rate of weight loss is not acceptable, the band can be tightened to make you feel full after eating less food. Additionally, if weight loss is occurring too quickly, the band can be loosened so that more food is needed to feel full.
• The surgery does not permanently change the anatomy of the stomach and intestines, so the REALIZE Band can be removed if necessary. Please keep in mind that reversal surgery is not simple, and weight gain is likely for people who have their bands removed.
• Patients getting a REALIZE Band may experience less time under anesthesia versus gastric bands with sutured ports.

REALIZE mySuccess™ Benefits

An important part of the REALIZE Personalized Banding Solution is Realize mySuccess™– an innovative and interactive tool designed to promote your long-term success after surgery. Benefits of mySuccess include:

• Personalization that allows you to set and track goals specific to you and the program designed by your surgeon.
• Communication with your bariatric program in regards to your progress.
• Better planning and tracking through interactive tools such as a food diary, exercise tracker, body image diary, daily reminders, and more.
• Access to additional information and resources including healthy, “band-friendly” recipes.