November 10, 2010 - Satiety, Inc. announced that its TOGA® System which enables an incision-free weight loss procedure was named one of the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2011 by a group of 60 experts from the Cleveland Clinic. The TOGA System was the only therapeutic medical device named to the list among a field of innovative drugs, diagnostics, vaccines and monitoring equipment. One of the selection criteria was that “the innovation had to have significant clinical impact and offer significant patient benefit in comparison to current practices.” The TOGA System was noted as potentially making a weight loss procedure more accessible “for patients who want to lose weight and improve their health but without undergoing major surgery.” In the U.S., there are approximately 22 million surgical candidates by BMI, but only about 1% of these patients undergo surgery each year. According to Company market research, one of the primary reasons many of these patients do not choose surgery is because of their concerns about surgical complications. The TOGA Procedure may be an attractive option for some of these patients who are currently not opting for surgery... Satiety's Press Release -
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
SATIETY’S TOGA SYSTEM : TOP MEDICAL INNOVATION
November 10, 2010 - Satiety, Inc. announced that its TOGA® System which enables an incision-free weight loss procedure was named one of the Top 10 Medical Innovations for 2011 by a group of 60 experts from the Cleveland Clinic. The TOGA System was the only therapeutic medical device named to the list among a field of innovative drugs, diagnostics, vaccines and monitoring equipment. One of the selection criteria was that “the innovation had to have significant clinical impact and offer significant patient benefit in comparison to current practices.” The TOGA System was noted as potentially making a weight loss procedure more accessible “for patients who want to lose weight and improve their health but without undergoing major surgery.” In the U.S., there are approximately 22 million surgical candidates by BMI, but only about 1% of these patients undergo surgery each year. According to Company market research, one of the primary reasons many of these patients do not choose surgery is because of their concerns about surgical complications. The TOGA Procedure may be an attractive option for some of these patients who are currently not opting for surgery... Satiety's Press Release -
