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1. A method for providing obesity therapy to a patient in response to a material ingested by the patient, the method comprising:
directing emission of one or more wavelengths of light from at least one light source disposed within the patient; receiving, in response to the emission of light, data sensed from an implantable device implanted inside the patient, the device including a transgastric probe having an intragastric optical sensor surface disposed within a cavity of a stomach of the patient so as to generate intragastric optically-sensed data; determining a characteristic of the material ingested by the patient in response to the intragastric optically-sensed data; transmitting signals from implanted electronic circuitry of the implantable device to external circuitry outside the patient, and outputting the ingested material characteristic from the external circuitry in response to the signals, wherein outputting the ingested material characteristic comprises communicating to a person other than the patient, and wherein the implanted electronic circuitry is disposed within the patient outside the stomach cavity and is coupled to the transgastric probe; and wherein the outputting of the ingested material characteristic is performed so as to enhance efficacy of the obesity therapy of the patient in response to the ingested material characteristic. |
