A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR TREATING OF OBESITY BY USE OF AN INTRAGASTRIC BALLOON

摘要

The present invention relates to a system and a method for treating of obesity by use of an intragastric balloon adapted to be inflated or deflated inside the stomach of a patient for treating obesity by reducing the stomach volume. The system comprises an intragastric balloon, and regulating electrical circuitry having one or more signal outputs to thereby provide one or more voltage differences for a least partly regulating inflating and/or deflating of the balloon. The balloon and the regulating electrical circuitry is connected together so as to at least partly form an integral intragastric device. The method comprises disposing in the stomach of the patient an intragastric device comprising an intragastric balloon and a regulating electrical circuitry having one or more signal outputs to thereby provide one or more voltage differences for at least partly regulating inflating and/or deflating of the balloon, and actuating the regulating electrical circuitry to thereby provide one or more voltage differences to thereby actuate one or more fillant sources for inflating the balloon. The regulating electrical circuitry may be adapted to inductively receive an externally applied electric control signal. The regulating electrical circuitry may also be adapted to inductively receive an externally applied electric power signal. It is preferred that the intragastric device comprises a transponder including at least part of said regulating electrical circuitry, said transponder thereby having one or more signal outputs for providing the one or more voltage differences for a least partly regulating inflating and/or deflating of the balloon.