does anyone have a french bioring band ??

oh2bthin · January 11, 2006

i have had a bioring band , i had my surgery in belguim and my band is made by bioring and i live in north carolina and can not find a doctor to fill me , i need help its been a year since my fill ( long story ) you can read about that in the north carolina posts on here called long lap band story but i am really down about this i hope and pray that someone has heard of it and knows someone who will fill !!!

SouthTX LapBand · January 16, 2006

If what you have is a French MidBand (I presume BioRing may be an added part of the name?), then there is a surgeon in Mexico who does fills. His email address is JoseBand @ hotmail.com so you can contact him directly if you like. Fills are very inexpensive and transportation from the airport and back is $25. A Southwest flight is the cheapest, purchased at their website.

But if I were you, I would first contact the manufacturer (by email?) and ask them for a list of fill techs in the US who do fills on the French band. You are more likely to find a technician trained than a doctor -- and the doctor's malpractice insurance company would not want them doing the procedure. If you could find some sort of health provider close to you, that would be the optimum.

Your surgeon might have State-side contacts of his own... or be quite familiar with various Mexican surgeons.

Delly · January 21, 2006

Hi

Just wanted to let you know that the Bioring band is made by Cousin in France and is commonly referred to as a Cousin band. It is used by Belgian surgeons, one in particular I know of is Chris DeBruyne.

Can you not contact your surgeon and ask him for fill providers in your area?

If Chris DeBruyne was not your surgeon I feel sure he would be able to help you out.

If not then Cousin themselves will have a list of approved/trained professionals in your area.

HTH