Energy balance therapy for obesity management
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- receiving gastric data sensed by an implantable device implanted within a patient;
determining a number of gastric contractions based on the sensed gastric data;
estimating, with at least one component of a therapy system, an amount of energy consumed by the patient based on the number of gastric contractions; and
controlling therapy to the patient with at least one component of the therapy system based on the amount of energy consumed.
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Abstract
Techniques are described that allow an implantable device to sense gastric data and activity data from a patient, and estimate the patient'"'"'s amount of energy consumed and energy expended based on the sensed data. A system provides feedback to the patient, a family member, or a doctor about the patient'"'"'s energy consumed, energy expended, and net energy. The data may be provided in table or graphical format, and may show daily or weekly energy balance data or may show a trend of the daily or weekly energy data. The patient may receive feedback by an implanted alert module that provides and audio alert or a vibration alert. In addition, data acquired by the system may be used to adjust the patient'"'"'s stimulation therapy parameters.
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1. A method comprising:
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receiving gastric data sensed by an implantable device implanted within a patient; determining a number of gastric contractions based on the sensed gastric data; estimating, with at least one component of a therapy system, an amount of energy consumed by the patient based on the number of gastric contractions; and controlling therapy to the patient with at least one component of the therapy system based on the amount of energy consumed. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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