GI AND PANCREATIC DEVICE FOR TREATING OBESITY AND DIABETES

• US 20120083855A1
• Filed: 12/15/2011
• Published: 04/05/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 07/13/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Betastim, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Betastim, Ltd.
• Inventors: Gross, Yossi, Benarie, Jacob, Khawaled, Radwan, Alon, Ruth
• Application Number:
  US13/326,631
• Publication Number:
  US 20120083855A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 607/40
• CPC Class Codes: A61N 1/36007 of urogenital or gastrointestinal organs, e.g. for incontinence control

Abstract

A method is provided, including placing first and second electrodes at respective first and second sites of a duodenum of a subject, and activating the electrodes to increase a blood insulin level of the subject. Other embodiments are also described.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

one or more electrodes, adapted to be placed in contact with a wall of a duodenum of a subject; and

a control unit, adapted to;

drive the electrodes to apply a current to the wall of the duodenum,

configure the current to stimulate a site selected from the group consisting of;

a vagus nerve of the subject, and enteric nervous system (ENS) tissue of the subject,

configure the current in accordance with a set of parameters for the current, the set of parameters including a pulse width of pulses of the current and a frequency of application of the pulses, and

select the set of parameters to be such as to lower a level of glucose in blood of the subject and to be sufficient to cause closure of a pylorus of the subject.

2. A method comprising:

applying a current to a wall of a duodenum of a subject;

configuring the current to stimulate a site selected from the group consisting of;

a vagus nerve of the subject, and enteric nervous system (ENS) tissue of the subject, in accordance with a set of parameters for the current, the set of parameters including a pulse width of pulses of the current and a frequency of application of the pulses; and

selecting the set of parameters to be such as to lower a level of glucose in blood of the subject and to be sufficient to cause closure of a pylorus of the subject.