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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
May. 11, 2008
Shal Policker, Tenafly, NJ (US);
Aharon Grossman, Durham, NC (US);
Anat Kliger, Tel-Aviv, IL;
Metacure Ltd., Hamilton, BM;
Abstract
Apparatus () is provided, which includes one or more fundic sensors (), configured to be applied to a fundus of a subject (), and to generate a fundic signal. The apparatus further includes a control unit (), which is configured to make a tentative determination of ingestion by the subject (), determine fundic impedance responsively to the fundic signal, and calculate a duration of a period during which the fundic impedance rose during the tentatively-determined ingestion. Upon finding that the duration is less than a fundic rise duration threshold value, the control unit () determines that the tentative determination of ingestion is a false positive. Other embodiments are also described.