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Endobarrier is a 60cm tube-like liner
made from a thin, flexible and durable impermeable polymer.
It is inserted by an endoscopy procedure under general
anaesthetic or heavy sedation and does not involve any
surgery. The endobarrier device
is anchored in place, just beyond the stomach, by a basket
of very thin wire made of Nitinol - an alloy of nickel and
titanium. The endobarrier prevents food that passes through
it (on its way along the intestine and out of the body in
the stool) from contacting the first two feet of small bowel
intestine.
For videos
(with sound) of the procedures to insert an Endobarrier,
remove it and the concept behind it, see:
http://www.endobarrier.com/how-endobarrier-works
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