Thursday, January 10, 2013
[WATCH]: A demonstration of AspireAssist Aspiration Therapy system
A new weight loss invention will let dieters eat anything they want - by sucking food and drink straight out of their stomachs. The rather gruesome-sounding system stops the body from digesting a third of each meal by pumping it out of the stomach via a tube inserted in the abdomen. So far it has been trialled on 24 obese patients and now the company Aspire Bariatrics has applied for a patent on the unusual device in partnership with inventor Dean Kamen. Mr Kamen is best known for inventing the Segway, the two-wheeled self-balancing personal transport. However, critics have been horrified by the system, which they say doesn't tackle the causes of
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