News in the fight against kilograms—an alternative to bariatric weight loss Bashny.Net

The company EnteroMedics has created a pacemaker, which at its effectiveness in the fight against excess weight can be compared with bariatric surgery. The performance of bariatric weight loss is achieved by reducing the amount of food that can fit into a reduced stomach. In the end, the faster it is filled, and the brain receives a signal of saturation. On the same principle of deception of the brain" and based the action of pacemaker nerve endings of the stomach wall Maestro Rechargeable System.
The principle of operation of the pacemaker Device the size of a pacemaker implanted under the patient's skin in the chest area and using tiny electrodes connected to the stomach wall in places the branches of the vagus nerve.
During a weak electric pulse nerve stimulation the brain receives a signal about the alleged flow of food. This eliminates the feeling of hunger, allowing the patient to consume fewer calories. The creators of the novelty has already conducted clinical trials on 233 volunteers with obesity extreme degree. 157 subjects implanted active devices Maestro Rechargeable System, the rest of the 76 – stimulator is deprived of food sources. A year later the amount of weight the participants from the first group was reduced on average by 24%, whereas in the second group this figure was only 16%.

Source: estet-portal.com