US 12,138,452 B2
Non-invasive device and method for treating the digestive system and for synchronizing stimulation with breath
Giora Arbel, Tel Mond (IL); and Mordechay Esh, Givatayim (IL)
Assigned to GerdCare Medical Ltd., Yokneam Illit (IL)
Appl. No. 17/287,199
Filed by GerdCare Medical Ltd., Yokneam Illit (IL)
PCT Filed Oct. 10, 2019, PCT No. PCT/IB2019/058633
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/084372, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/748,468, filed on Oct. 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0023628 A1, Jan. 27, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/304 (2021.01); A61N 1/04 (2006.01); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)
CPC A61N 1/36007 (2013.01) [A61B 5/282 (2021.01); A61B 5/304 (2021.01); A61N 1/0452 (2013.01); A61N 1/0456 (2013.01); A61N 1/0484 (2013.01); A61N 1/36031 (2017.08); G16H 20/30 (2018.01); G16H 40/63 (2018.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-invasive treatment device, comprising:
a plurality of electrodes of an ECG sensor, and
a processor, electrically connected to said electrodes,
wherein, said processor is configured for switching at least two of said electrodes between an ECG mode in which said electrodes receive subject body signals from which said processor is configured for deriving a respiration phase, and an EPG mode, in which said electrodes generate electrical pulses configured for stimulating the abdominal muscles,
wherein said switching from said ECG mode to said EPG mode and from said EPG mode to said ECG mode synchronizes said electrical pulses with said respiration phase, such that said simulation is applied according to said respiration phase, and
wherein said processor is further configured for detecting from said body signals an inhalation phase, and for switching from said ECG mode to said EPG mode as a result of said detecting, such that said simulation is applied during said inhalation phase.