Devices for gastrointestinal stimulation and uses thereof
AssigneeOberon Sciences Ilan Ltd.
InventorYaron Ilan
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Abstract
A gastrointestinal stimulation devices including a random stimulation delivery mechanism(s), configured to provide stimuli to a bodily tissue in a vicinity of the stimulation capsule, the provided random stimuli being characterized by a stimulation parameter, and a control circuitry in communication with said physical stimulation delivery mechanism, and configured to set and alter the stimulation parameter non-systematically, thereby altering the characterization of the stimuli provided to the bodily tissue. The algorithm may be patient tailored, and may have a learning machinery which responds to data being received from the patient.
Claims19
A gastrointestinal capsule comprising a capsule body comprising a control circuitry, and an inflatable-deflatable balloon functionally attached to said capsule body, said balloon is operative to inflate and/or deflate in response to a command from the control circuitry, to thereby apply a mechanical stimulation to a gastrointestinal wall of a subject;
- wherein the capsule is configured to apply a mechanical stimulation through the inflatable-deflatable balloon;
- wherein the control circuitry is configured to randomly alter the volume of the balloon between values ranging from about 10 ml to about 2000 ml, wherein the capsule is further configured to apply a mechanical stimulation through rotation thereof and wherein the capsule body further includes a stimuli delivery mechanism configured to induce stimulation selected from a group consisting of mechanical stimuli, electrical stimuli and thermal stimuli.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.