Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
U.S. regulators on Wednesday approved a new kind of pacemaker-like device that aims to help people lose weight by stimulating a nerve that runs from the brain to the stomach.
The Maestro Rechargeable System is made by Minnesota-based EnteroMedics, and is the first device for weight loss approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in eight years.
Patients are surgically implanted with electrodes in the abdomen, and an externally-controlled electrical pulse generator sends signals to the abdominal vagus nerve, which helps signal to the brain if the stomach feels empty or full.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/23/weight-loss-device_n_6532136.html
The Maestro Rechargeable System is made by Minnesota-based EnteroMedics, and is the first device for weight loss approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in eight years.
Patients are surgically implanted with electrodes in the abdomen, and an externally-controlled electrical pulse generator sends signals to the abdominal vagus nerve, which helps signal to the brain if the stomach feels empty or full.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2015/01/23/weight-loss-device_n_6532136.html