Energy balance therapy for obesity management
First Claim
1. An implantable device comprising:
- a sensor to sense gastric data; and
a processor operable to determine one or more characteristics of gastric contractions based on the sensed gastric data, estimate an amount of energy consumed by a patient based on the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions, and control therapy to the patient based on the amount of energy consumed, wherein the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions comprise at least one of a number of the gastric contractions, a force of the gastric contractions, and a rate of the gastric contractions.
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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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35 Claims
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1. An implantable device comprising:
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a sensor to sense gastric data; and a processor operable to determine one or more characteristics of gastric contractions based on the sensed gastric data, estimate an amount of energy consumed by a patient based on the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions, and control therapy to the patient based on the amount of energy consumed, wherein the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions comprise at least one of a number of the gastric contractions, a force of the gastric contractions, and a rate of the gastric contractions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An implantable device comprising:
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a sensor to sense gastric data; an activity sensor to sense activity data; and a processor operable to estimate an amount of energy consumed by a patient based on the sensed gastric data and control therapy to the patient based on the amount of energy consumed, and operable to estimate an amount of energy expended by the patient based on the sensed activity data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system comprising:
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an implantable device operable to sense gastric data, determine one or more characteristics of gastric contractions based on the sensed gastric data, and estimate an amount of energy consumed by a patient based on the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions, wherein the one or more characteristics of the gastric contractions comprise at least one of a number of the gastric contractions, a force of the gastric contractions, and a rate of the gastric contractions; and an external module, wherein the implantable device transmits a wireless communication to the external module to provide feedback based on the amount of energy consumed. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A system comprising:
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an implantable device operable to sense gastric data and estimate an amount of energy consumed by a patient based on the sensed gastric data, and operable to sense activity data and estimate an amount of energy expended by the patient based on the sensed activity data; and an external module, wherein the implantable device transmits a wireless communication to the external module to provide feedback based on the amount of energy consumed. - View Dependent Claims (35)
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