Devices and methods for the treatment of metabolic disorders

US9427580B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Toralf Bork · Enges, CH
• Rocco Crivelli · Moutier, CH
• Mathilde Miguras · Le Locle, CH
• Martin Pfleiderer · Auvernier, CH
• Yanik Tardy · Neuchâtel, CH
• Jason L. Harris · Lebanon, US
• Mark S. Ortiz · Milford, US
• Alessandro Pastorelli · Roma, IT
• Michele D'Arcangelo · Roma, IT

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 30, 2012
• Grant date: Aug 30, 2016
• Expiry date: Mar 30, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/0517
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

An implantable system for stimulating the release of satiety hormone in a subject comprises a stimulus device which is implantable in the subject and adapted to apply an electrical stimulus to a tissue of a gastrointestinal system of said subject, and a detection device which is implantable in the subject and adapted to continuously monitoring at least one of a mechanical characteristic and an electrical characteristic of the subject to detect an ingestion of food by said subject, wherein the detection device cooperates with the stimulus device such that the stimulus device applies said electrical stimulus in response to a detected ingestion of food.