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Bariatric Devices: Intragastric Balloons To Eclipse Gastric Banding

 
• By Peter Charlish

The market for minimally invasive weight loss devices will reach more than $290 million by 2021, according to a new report from Informa’s Meddevicetracker. Issues relating to laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding systems will result in a greater emphasis being placed on intragastric balloons, which will grow at twice the segment average.

Addressing a population of 600 million obese people worldwide, and a further 1 billion people overweight, the highly competitive global market for minimally invasive weight loss (bariatric) devices was worth more than $137 million in 2016. Next-generation technologies, especially in the intragastric balloon area, are among the factors that will lead to a more than doubling of the market to over $290 million by 2021, equivalent to a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of roughly 16%. So says “Minimally Invasive Weight Loss Devices Market,” a new report by analyst Chrystal Larsen from Informa's Meddevicetracker medical device analysis team.

Among the other factors driving the bariatric devices market are:

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