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Obesity is defined as an unhealthy excess of body fat, which increases the risks of medical illness and premature mortality. There are multiple health risks linked to obesity such as heart disease and stroke, high blood pressure, diabetes, cancers, gallbladder disease and gallstones, osteoarthritis, gout, and breathing problems like sleep apnea, and asthma. Intragastric balloons (IGBs) have become...
It is well-known that an improper lifestyle such as overeating, lack of exercises and imbalance of body postures is regarded as the main cause of abdominal obesity which could cause various complications such as high blood pressure, diabetes, heart failure, and so on. There have been tremendous efforts to improve such a lifestyle and reduce abdominal obesity. One of the results suggests that a correct...
An intragastric balloon robot is a less invasive and effective method for morbid obesity treatment. Traditional balloon robots need insertion tools and endoscopes for placement and removal of balloons in the stomach, which may cause complications such as nausea and sickness. This paper proposes a novel capsule robot for obesity treatment with wireless powering and communication. It is placed in the...
This paper proposed a design of an endoscopic stitching device for surgical obesity treatment using a N.O.T.E.S (Natural Orifice Translumenal Endoscopic Surgery) approach. This proposed N.O.T.E.S gastroplasty approach performs stitching and resizing of a stomach from inside, aiming at further reducing postoperative complications by avoiding the use of skin incisions. The presented design can be inserted...
Intragastric balloon has become a popular method for treatment of obesity due to its less-invasive and non-pharmaceutical procedure. In this method, a gas (or liquid)-filled balloon is inserted into the stomach using endoscopy or surgery. The balloon stays in and partially fills the stomach for a desired period of time to induce the feeling of satiety in the patient. At the end of the treatment period,...
Neural Gastrointestinal Electrical Stimulation (NGES) is a new microprocessor-based method for invoking gastric or colonic contractions by generating multi-channel, high energy, high frequency waveforms. It has been shown that when applied to the lower stomach, NGES offers the possibility for enhancing propulsive peristalsis for the treatment of gastric motor dysfunctions, or for producing retrograde...
A surgical assistive device for the Sleeve Gastrectomy surgery is presented in this paper. Sleeve Gastrectomy is based on reducing the size of the stomach. The purpose of this instrument is to assist surgeons obtain accurate remnant stomach volume. The paper presents the hardware and interface design of the device. The device is composed of an inflatable cylinder to be inserted in the stomach and...
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