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Systems and methods for enabling appetite modulation and/or improving dietary compliance using an electro-dermal patch

  • US 10,143,840 B2
  • Filed: 02/24/2016
  • Issued: 12/04/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/24/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of enabling a person to comply with a diet plan comprising:

  • providing an electrical dermal patch adapted to adhere to the person'"'"'s skin, wherein said electrical dermal patch comprises a controller, at least one electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with said patient'"'"'s skin, and a pulse generator in electrical communication with the controller and said at least one electrode;

    generating a plurality of electrical pulses having a treatment session duration and a treatment session frequency, wherein each of said plurality of electrical pulses is defined by a pulse width, a pulse amplitude, a pulse shape, a pulse frequency and wherein said pulse shape, pulse width, said pulse amplitude, and said pulse frequency are selected to modulate the person'"'"'s appetite, thereby enabling the person to comply with the diet plan;

    using an application installed on an external device to acquire data over a period of time, said data including at least one of an appetite level, a timing of caloric consumption, an amount of caloric consumption, or content of a caloric consumption;

    after said period of time, generating a signal, using said application, based upon said data;

    causing the signal to be transmitted to the electrical dermal patch; and

    ,generating a second plurality of electrical pulses using a plurality of stimulation parameters, said plurality of stimulation parameters being determined based upon said signal and including at least one of a second pulse width, a second pulse amplitude, a second pulse frequency, a second pulse duty cycle, a second pulse shape, a second treatment session duration, or second treatment session frequency, wherein the pulse amplitude and second pulse amplitude ranges between 100 μ

    A and 500 mA, the pulse width and the second pulse width ranges between 10 μ

    sec and 100 msec, the pulse frequency and the second pulse frequency ranges between 1 Hz to 10,000 Hz, and the pulse shape and the second pulse shape comprises at least one of monophasic, biphasic, sinusoidal, symmetrical or rectangular pulses.

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