A Pacemaker for Your Gut Feigns Fullness, Tricking You Into Eating Less
European regulators have approved the sale of a new medical implant intended to be a less invasive option than gastric bypasses or stomach stapling procedures: a "gastric pacemaker" for the gut. When a person is eating, a device implanted in the abdomen triggers a premature notion of fullness by stimulating stomach nerves. The device, made by Mountain View, Calif.-based IntraPace, will be implanted in the first commercial patients later this week after trials showed fairly impressive results: 65 patients lost an average of 22 percent of their body weights after one year. Some patients shed as much as 38 percent of their poundage. Related ArticlesFDA Approves First Telescopic Eye Implant to Treat BlindnessImplant Uses A Microchip Embedded in the Spine To Edit Out Chronic PainNew Software Conveniently Integrates Your Heart Implant With Your Android PhoneTagsScience, Clay Dillow, abiliti, gastric bypass, health, intrapace, medical implants, pacemakersAbiliti, as the device is commercially called, is...