MelCap Electronic Pill to Help Treat Obesity, Eating Disorders
 

MelCap Electronic Pill to Help Treat Obesity, Eating Disorders
http://www.medgadget.com/wp-content/.../04/melcap.jpgMelCap Systems is an Israeli firm that may offer a new way of treating obesity and other eating conditions using a swallowable electronic pill. The tech**logy is still in development, but the company already received a patent for its pill that supposedly stimulates the stomach to make it believe it’s full.

To begin the therapy, the pill is swallowed and an external magnet is used to position it in a specific spot within the stomach, be it near the lower esophagus sphincter or in proximity to the vagus nerve. The pill unfurls a mesh filled with inflated particles and a wireless device is then used to activate the pill. When it receives the signal, the pill delivers a ****** of electrical pulses to the lining of the stomach, stimulating the organ. Depending on the pill’s location, different effects can be achieved to tailor the therapy to the individual patients’ needs.

This is still a tech**logy waiting for further development and requires confirmation using clinical trials, but MelCap is forging ahead and hopes to have a product ready to market hopefully sometime next year.

Here’s a company video describing the new tech**logy:





Link: MelCap Systems homepage…

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