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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2006
Shai Policker, Tenafly, NJ (US);
David Prutchi, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Ophir Bitton, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Benny Rousso, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Offer Glasberg, Haifa, IL;
Shai Policker, Tenafly, NJ (US);
David Prutchi, Voorhees, NJ (US);
Ophir Bitton, Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Benny Rousso, Rishon Lezion, IL;
Offer Glasberg, Haifa, IL;
Metacure Limited, Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Apparatus is provided, including a control unit (), adapted to be implanted within a patient (), and a corkscrew-shaped electrode mount (), adapted to be implanted in a wall of a stomach of the patient. The corkscrew-shaped electrode mount includes first () and second () electrodes, at respective sites of the electrode mount, and a controller (), wirelessly coupled to the control unit. Other embodiments are also described.