TY - JOUR
T1 - Design and Implementation of a Less Invasive Gastrostimulator
AU - Lonys, Laurent
AU - Vanhoestenberghe, Anne
AU - Huberty, Vincent
AU - Hiernaux, Martin
AU - Cauche, Nicolas
AU - Julémont, Nicolas
AU - Debelle, Adrien
AU - Huberland, François
AU - Acuña, Vicente
AU - Godfraind, Carmen
AU - Devière, Jacques
AU - Delchambre, Alain
AU - Mathys, Pierre
AU - Nonclercq, Antoine
PY - 2016/6/13
Y1 - 2016/6/13
N2 - Gastrointestinal stimulator implants have recently shown positive results in helping obese patients lose weight. However, to place the implant, the patient currently needs to undergo an invasive surgical procedure. Our team is aiming for a less invasive procedure to stimulate the stomach with a gastrostimulator. Attempts covered fully endoscopic implantation and, more recently, we have focussed on a single incision laparoscopic procedure. Whatever the chosen implantation solution, the electronic design of the implant system shares many challenges. This paper covers the work achieved to meet these.
AB - Gastrointestinal stimulator implants have recently shown positive results in helping obese patients lose weight. However, to place the implant, the patient currently needs to undergo an invasive surgical procedure. Our team is aiming for a less invasive procedure to stimulate the stomach with a gastrostimulator. Attempts covered fully endoscopic implantation and, more recently, we have focussed on a single incision laparoscopic procedure. Whatever the chosen implantation solution, the electronic design of the implant system shares many challenges. This paper covers the work achieved to meet these.
U2 - 10.4081/ejtm.2016.6019
DO - 10.4081/ejtm.2016.6019
M3 - Article
C2 - 27478566
SN - 2037-7452
VL - 26
SP - 6019
JO - European Journal of Translational Myology
JF - European Journal of Translational Myology
IS - 2
ER -