Systems and methods for enabling appetite modulation and/or improving dietary compliance using an electro-dermal patch

An electrical dermal patch configured to modulate a patient's appetite comprising:

• a housing adapted to be positioned on the patient's skin;
• a controller positioned within the housing;
• at least one electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with said patient's skin;
• a pulse generator positioned within the housing and in electrical communication with the controller and said at least one electrode, wherein the pulse generator is configured to generate a plurality of electrical pulses, wherein each of the plurality of electrical pulses are defined by a plurality of stimulation parameters, wherein the plurality of stimulation parameters are selected such that the patient's appetite modulates from a first state, prior to stimulation, to a second state after stimulation, wherein the housing has a first length extending from one end of the electrical dermal patch to the other end of the electrical dermal patch and has a first width extending from one edge of the electrical dermal patch to the other edge of the electrical dermal patch and wherein the electrical dermal patch generates an electrical field having a length substantially equal to or greater than three times the first length and a width substantially equal to or greater than the first width.

An electrical stimulation system configured to modulate a patient's appetite comprising:

• an electrical dermal patch adapted to be adhered to the patient's skin, wherein said electrical dermal patch comprises a controller, at least one electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with the patient's skin, a pulse generator in electrical communication with the controller and said at least one electrode;
• and a transceiver in communication with at least one of said controller or pulse generator;
• and
• a plurality of programmatic instructions, stored in a non-transient computer readable memory of a device physically separate from said electrical dermal patch, wherein, when executed, said programmatic instructions acquire patient status data, generate a modulation signal based upon said patient status data, wherein said modulation signal comprises instructions for modulating at least one of a pulse width, a pulse amplitude, a pulse frequency, a pulse shape, a duty cycle, a session duration, or a session frequency, and cause said modulation signal to be wirelessly transmitted from the device to the transceiver.