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US 2019/0336314 A1Published application
Systems and Methods for Weight Management including Virtual Reality, Artificial Intelligence, Accountability Integration, and Biofeedback
AssigneeAppetec, Inc.
InventorShahriar Sedghi
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Abstract
A minimally invasive system and method for providing weight loss by inducing the feeling of satiety whereby an intragastric device is inserted into the gastric lumen via the esophagus and an external magnetic device is used as needed to magnetically attract the intragastric device towards the inner wall of the stomach and impart tactile stimulation sufficient to stimulate the vagus nerve.
Claims16
A method of stimulating the anterior gastric wall comprising the steps of:
- inserting a deployable intragastric device containing magnetic material into a stomach of a patient;
- positioning an external magnet in close enough proximity to the intragastric device to create a sufficient magnetic pulling force between the external magnet and the intragastric device to move the intragastric device towards, and impart stimulating force upon the anterior gastric wall;
- and providing a visual interface, wherein the visual interface displays the stomach and the movement of the intragastric device within the stomach.
A system comprising:
- a transorally administered intragastric device comprising at least one type of magnetic material, and at least one surface capable of deployment inside of a patient's stomach, wherein the intragastric device is equipped to impart tactile stimulation upon a stomach wall of the stomach via an external magnet, and wherein a visual interface displays the stomach and the movement of the intragastric device within the stomach
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.