Effective weight control via an implanted self-powered vagus nerve stimulation device

Guang Yao; Lei Kang; Jun Li; Yin Long; Hao Wei; Carolina A. Ferreira; Justin J. Jeffery; Yuan Lin; Weibo Cai; Xudong Wang

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07764-z

Nature Communications (Dec 2018)

Effective weight control via an implanted self-powered vagus nerve stimulation device

Guang Yao,
Lei Kang,
Jun Li,
Yin Long,
Hao Wei,
Carolina A. Ferreira,
Justin J. Jeffery,
Yuan Lin,
Weibo Cai,
Xudong Wang

Affiliations

Guang Yao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Lei Kang: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jun Li: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yin Long: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Hao Wei: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Carolina A. Ferreira: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Justin J. Jeffery: University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center
Yuan Lin: State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
Weibo Cai: Department of Radiology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Xudong Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07764-z
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Developing new technologies for the neuromodulation of the vagus nerve can enable therapeutic strategies for body weight control in obese patients. Here, the authors present a battery-free self-powered implantable vagus nerve stimulation system that electrically responds to stomach movement.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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