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Regulation of eating habits

  • US 7,437,195 B2
  • Filed: 01/03/2002
  • Issued: 10/14/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating a subject, comprising:

  • receiving a sensor signal responsive to the subject eating;

    analyzing the sensor signal,wherein receiving the sensor signal comprises sensing, at a gastric site of a stomach of the subject, an electrical potential change generated in association with contraction of muscle of the subject, andwherein analyzing the sensor signal comprises identifying a decrease in a frequency component of the electrical potential as indicative of the subject eating; and

    driving a current into tissue of the stomach responsive to analyzing the signal including identifying the decrease in the frequency component.

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