Gastrointestinal methods and apparatus for use in treating disorders and controlling blood sugar
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1. Apparatus for treating a subject, comprising:
- a set of one or more electrodes, adapted to be applied to respective sites of a stomach of the subject; and
a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the respective sites of the stomach, as a train of biphasic pulses, an electrical signal configured to reduce a blood glucose level of the subject compared to the blood glucose level if the electrical signal were not applied, if the subject were to consume a same quantity of glucose with and without application of the electrical signal.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are provided for treating a subject. An electrical signal is applied to at least one stomach site of the subject. The electrical signal is configured to reduce a rise in a blood glucose level of the subject, in order to treat the subject.
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1. Apparatus for treating a subject, comprising:
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a set of one or more electrodes, adapted to be applied to respective sites of a stomach of the subject; and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the respective sites of the stomach, as a train of biphasic pulses, an electrical signal configured to reduce a blood glucose level of the subject compared to the blood glucose level if the electrical signal were not applied, if the subject were to consume a same quantity of glucose with and without application of the electrical signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. Apparatus for treating a subject, comprising:
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a set of electrodes that comprises at least a first electrode, adapted to be implanted at a gastric corpus site, and at least a second electrode, adapted to be implanted at a gastric antrum site; and a control unit, configured to drive, between the at least a first electrode at the gastric corpus site and the at least a second electrode at the gastric antrum site, an electrical signal configured to reduce a rise in a blood glucose level of the subject. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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21. Apparatus for treating a subject, comprising:
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a set of at least one electrode, adapted to be applied to a respective at least one stomach site of the subject; and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode set to apply, to the respective at least one stomach site, an electrical signal configured to reduce a rise in a blood glucose level of the subject, wherein the control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply the electrical signal as a train of biphasic pulses, and wherein the control unit is adapted to set a duration of each phase of the biphasic pulses to be between 3 and 10 ms. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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