A Soft, silicone balloon is inserted down a patient's throat, placed in the stomach, filled to the right size with sterile salt water and taken out six months later.The product is part of a growing international trend of non-surgical weight loss options.
People using the Orbera technology could expect to lose three times as much weight as diet and exercise alone.
People typically lost 10-15kgs, about 10 per cent of their body weight, in the six months it was in place and 70 per cent of people kept the weight off.