World first : Somerset NHS Foundation Trust Treats First Patients with Allurion Balloon for Pre-Surgical Weight Loss
Allurion Technologies(ALUR) Businesswire·2024-01-23 21:15
NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Allurion Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: ALUR), a company dedicated to ending obesity, today announced that the Somerset NHS Foundation Trust (FT) is the first NHS trust in the United Kingdom, and the first non-private sector organisation in the world, to introduce the Allurion Gastric Balloon - the world's only swallowable gastric balloon that requires no surgery, no endoscopy and no anaesthesia1. Once swallowed, the balloon is filled and remains in the stomach for approximately 4 ...