GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY CONTROL

摘要

A method and a multichannel implantable device are described for partial or complete restoration of impaired gastrointestinal motility, or for disturbing and/or partially or completely blocking normal gastrointestinal motility using one or multiple microsystem-controlled channels of circumferentially arranged sets of two or more electrodes which provide externally-invoked synchronized electrical signals to the smooth muscles via the neural pathways.

主权项

1. A method for controlling motility of gastrointestinal tract in a subject comprising:
implanting at least one set of electrodes on a portion of the gastrointestinal tract in a subject; and applying electrical energy to the gastrointestinal tract or a portion thereof through the set of electrodes to invoke a desired motility response of the gastrointestinal tract of the subject, the set of electrodes being energized to produce contractile desynchronization of muscles of the gastrointestinal tract.