Device and procedure for controlling the extent of intra-abdominal fat in the monitoring of an individual's slimming
AssigneeTransneuronix, Inc.
InventorValerio Cigaina
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Abstract
The device (1) for controlling the extent of intra-abdominal fat in the monitoring of an individual's slimming, comprises one electrical signal generator (2) connected to at least one first pole (3), associable to the stomach surface, and a second pole (4), associable to the abdominal wall. The poles (3,4) are connected to detection means (6) and means (7) for processing said electrical signals, adapted to provide a signal indicating the extent of intra-abdominal fat. The control procedure of the entity of the intra-abdominal fat in the monitoring of an individual's slimming, consists in detecting the impedance of the abdominal fat tissues, and hence, in calculating the extent of intra-abdominal fat is obtained.
Claims7
A device for determining intra-abdominal fat of a person, comprising:
- a gastric pacemaker for producing electrical pulses capable of stomach stimulation in a treatment of obesity, said pacemaker having a first electrical pole attachable at a stomach wall of the person and a second electrical pole attachable in subcutaneous tissue of an abdominal wall of the person in a supra-fascial position, whereby electrical pulses produced by the gastric pacemaker traverse adipose tissue of the person;
- a detector connected to said poles for detecting an electrical signal representing an amount of adipose tissue between said poles;
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- a signal processor connected to said detector for indicating said amount of adipose tissue from the electrical signal detected by said detector.
A method of determining intra-abdominal fat of a person, comprising:
- installing in the body of the person a gastric pacemaker for producing electrical pulses capable of stomach stimulation in a treatment of obesity, said pacemaker having a first electrical pole at a stomach wall of the person and a second electrical pole in subcutaneous tissue of an abdominal wall of the person in a supra-fascial position, whereby electrical pulses produced by the gastric pacemaker traverse adipose tissue of the person;
- detecting an electrical signal representing an amount of adipose tissue between said poles with a detector connected to said poles;
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- processing said electrical signal with a signal processor connected to said detector for indicating said amount of adipose tissue from the electrical signal detected by said detector.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.