In the June 2015 installment of On the Spot, I took the temperature of bariatric experts on new procedures and devices, given that technology has recently produced some new treatment options to bariatric surgeons and their patients. None of these new options is more prominent right now than the intragastric balloon, with its recent FDA approval. It is a good time to take the pulse of these contributors on the effect of this new technology, and we do so with a couple of balloon-related