Design and implementation of a less invasive gastrostimulator

Submitted: 23 May 2016
Accepted: 23 May 2016
Published: 13 June 2016
Abstract Views: 1411
PDF: 636
HTML: 697
Publisher's note
All claims expressed in this article are solely those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of their affiliated organizations, or those of the publisher, the editors and the reviewers. Any product that may be evaluated in this article or claim that may be made by its manufacturer is not guaranteed or endorsed by the publisher.

Authors

Gastrointestinal stimulator implants have recently shown positive results in helping obese patients lose weight. However, to place the implant, the patient currently needs to undergo an invasive surgical procedure. Our team is aiming for a less invasive procedure to stimulate the stomach with a gastrostimulator. Attempts covered fully endoscopic implantation and, more recently, we have focussed on a single incision laparoscopic procedure. Whatever the chosen implantation solution, the electronic design of the implant system shares many challenges. This paper covers the work achieved to meet these.

Dimensions

Altmetric

PlumX Metrics

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Citations

How to Cite

Lonys, L., Vanhoestenberghe, A., Huberty, V., Hiernaux, M., Cauche, N., Julémont, N., Debelle, A., Huberland, F., Acuña, V., Godfraind, C., Devière, J., Delchambre, A., Mathys, P., & Nonclercq, A. (2016). Design and implementation of a less invasive gastrostimulator. European Journal of Translational Myology, 26(2). https://doi.org/10.4081/ejtm.2016.6019