Devices and methods for the treatment of metabolic disorders

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PATENT NO 9427580
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13825459

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An implantable system for stimulating the release of satiety hormone in a subject comprises a stimulus device which is implantable in the subject and adapted to apply an electrical stimulus to a tissue of a gastrointestinal system of said subject, and a detection device which is implantable in the subject and adapted to continuously monitoring at least one of a mechanical characteristic and an electrical characteristic of the subject to detect an ingestion of food by said subject, wherein the detection device cooperates with the stimulus device such that the stimulus device applies said electrical stimulus in response to a detected ingestion of food.

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ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY INC4545 CREEK ROAD CINCINNATI OH 45242

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bork, Toralf Enges, CH 26 266
Crivelli, Rocco Neuchâtel, CH 39 600
D'Arcangelo, Michele Rome, IT 32 3065
Harris, Jason L Mason, US 1471 422879
Miguras, Mathilde LeLocle, CH 5 8
Ortiz, Mark S Milford, US 291 111598
Pastorelli, Alessandro Rome, IT 35 6009
Pfleiderer, Martin Auvernier, CH 22 619
Tardy, Yanik Les Geneveys-sur-Coffrane, CH 18 262

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