This invention combines three medical-surgical elements such as an
intragastric balloon, a valve to control the postoperatory inflating and
the technique of percutaneous gastronomy with endoscopic control, as well
as a new mean to fix the assembly that avoids the balloon migration. The
intragastric balloon assembly of the invention comprises the silicone
balloon with an inflating catheter and a device consisting in a silicone
bar, which will be used as a tension support and for fixation to the
aponeurosis by means of an adjustable plate, according to the needs, that
may be secured with suture points or with metallic staples to the
aponeurosis. Once such elements have been secured, the support is cut and
the catheter is connected to an inflating valve, which in a preferred
embodiment is placed in subcutaneously and held in place with suture
points or staples to the aponeurosis.