Gastrointestinal treatment system including a vibrating capsule and method of use thereof

A method for treatment of a subject, the method comprising:

• (a) obtaining, by the subject, a first gastrointestinal treatment system and a second gastrointestinal treatment system, each of the first and second gastrointestinal treatment systems comprising:
• (i) a clock configured to provide clock-based information in the form of an hour, minute, and/or second combination;
• and
• (ii) a gastrointestinal capsule for vibrating in a gastrointestinal tract of a subject for constipation following ingestion of said gastrointestinal capsule, said gastrointestinal capsule comprising:
• (A) a housing;
• (B) a vibrating agitator adapted such that, in a first vibrating mode of operation, said housing exerts vibrations on an environment surrounding said gastrointestinal capsule;
• (C) a power supply disposed within said housing and adapted to power said vibrating agitator;
• and
• (D) a programmable controller, functionally associated with the clock and programmed, in response to receipt of an activation input, to enforce activation of said vibrating agitator at a predetermined time of day by:
• based on the clock-based information, computing a delay-time between the receipt of the activation input and said predetermined time of day;
• waiting the computed delay-time;
• and
• following passage of the computed delay-time, activating the vibrating agitator, such that a time at which said vibrating agitator operates in said first vibrating mode of operation is at said predetermined time of day, which coincides with a mealtime;
• (b) configuring said first and second gastrointestinal treatment systems with the predetermined time of day;
• (c) at a first time of day, causing activation of a first gastrointestinal capsule forming part of the first gastrointestinal system by providing a first activation input thereto, such that a first programmable controller of the first gastrointestinal capsule computes a first delay-time from said first time of day to said predetermined time of day;
• (d) ingesting said first gastrointestinal capsule by the subject, wherein said first programmable controller waits said first delay-time, and following passage of said first delay-time, at a time coinciding with said predetermined time of day, activates a first vibrating agitator of said first gastrointestinal capsule to operate in said first vibrating mode of operation;
• (e) at a second time of day, different from said first time of day, causing activation of a second gastrointestinal capsule forming part of the second gastrointestinal system by providing a second activation input thereto, such that a second programmable controller of the second gastrointestinal capsule computes a second delay-time from said second time of day to said predetermined time of day, the second delay-time being different from the first delay-time;
• and
• (f) ingesting said second gastrointestinal capsule by the subject, wherein said second programmable controller waits said second delay-time, and following passage of said second delay-time, at a time coinciding with said predetermined time of day, activates a second vibrating agitator of said first gastrointestinal capsule to operate in said first vibrating mode of operation.