REALIZE® Adjustable Gastric Band
Achieve and maintain a healthier weight with the REALIZE Adjustable Gastric
Band
The REALIZE Adjustable Gastric Band provides a safe and effective way to
achieve and maintain a healthier weight—without cutting or stapling your
stomach. The band limits the amount of food you can eat at one time. As a
result, you feel full sooner and stay satisfied longer. That makes it easier
to adopt, and stick with, healthy eating and lifestyle habits. Learn
more about how the REALIZE Band works to help you lose weight.
Includes exclusive access to the only Web-based clinical support tool shown to
help REALIZE Band patients lose more weight*
The REALIZE Band works in tandem with the REALIZE mySUCCESS® Program to
help you achieve your weight loss goals. This Web-based clinical support tool
is designed to help you achieve and maintain a healthier weight.
REALIZE mySUCCESS® was developed in consultation with surgeons,
dietitians, and behavior modification specialists who identified two essential
stages for success following surgery. Stage 1: Building healthy habits over
the first 18 months. Stage 2: Staying motivated, on track, and connected with
your bariatric practice over the next 18 months and beyond.
You'll learn and practice strategies that will help cement your healthy
habits—and help you achieve your healthier weight. In fact, it has been shown
that REALIZE Band patients who frequently use REALIZE mySUCCESS® lose
significantly more weight.* REALIZE mySUCCESS® also keeps you
connected with your bariatric team and allows your doctor to step in precisely
when needed to keep you on track. You and your doctor can watch your progress
and fine-tune your plan. This level of support is just one of the ways that the
REALIZE Band differs from the LAP-BAND System.
Learn more about the
power of REALIZE mySUCCESS®.
The REALIZE Band is shown to help patients lose significant weight and improve
their health
In a 3-year clinical trial:
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Patients lost a mean of 40% of their excess weight at 1 year and 43% at 3
years.1
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The REALIZE Band helped resolve 48.7% of type 2 diabetes, 78.3% of high
cholesterol, and 94.6% of obstructive sleep apnea problems.1
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Patients experienced a 22% increase in good cholesterol (HDL) 36 months after
surgery. They also experienced a decrease in bad cholesterol (LDL), total
cholesterol, and triglycerides.1
Learn more about the health
benefits of the REALIZE Band.
Information seminars: an important step to learn more about the REALIZE Band
If you're considering the REALIZE Band, we encourage you to attend a free
information seminar hosted by a bariatric surgery clinic that offers the
REALIZE® Solution† for gastric banding, gastric bypass, or sleeve
gastrectomy. You'll learn about surgical
options, you'll meet bariatric team members who will support you before
and long after your surgery, and you may also hear from patients who have had
weight loss surgery. There's no pressure to make a commitment—and no better
way to get the answers you're looking for. Of course, family and friends are
welcome, too.
Use our seminar finder
to locate a seminar in your area, and register to ensure that you have a seat
because seminars often fill up.
Want to talk it over? We're ready to help. Call us at 1-866-300-1818 if you
have questions or concerns or want help finding a seminar near you.
LAP-BAND is a registered trademark of Allergan, Inc.
*Patients who frequently use REALIZE mySUCCESS® lose significantly
more weight. Based on 12 months of patient-reported data from REALIZE Band
patients using REALIZE mySUCCESS®. Frequent users were in the top third
of patients based on frequency of entering a weight into
REALIZE mySUCCESS®. Source: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., data on file.
†The REALIZE Solution combines REALIZE mySUCCESS® with the use of
select surgical instruments.
