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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Intrapace, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Inventor:
Mir A. Imran, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
IntraPace, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 17/00 (2006.01); A61F 5/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 25/02 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 5/0026 (2013.01); A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61N 1/36085 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00004 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00017 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00026 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00084 (2013.01); A61B 2017/00477 (2013.01); A61F 2005/0016 (2013.01); A61M 25/02 (2013.01); A61M 2025/028 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0233 (2013.01); A61N 1/372 (2013.01);
Abstract
A responsive gastrointestinal stimulation device is provided where one or more sensors sense data corresponding to a subject or the gastrointestinal tract of a subject and responds to sensing the data by stimulating, adjusting stimulation, or stopping stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. A stimulation device is also provided to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract to produce a sensation of satiety or to control hunger or food consumption.