Patent ID: 11957895
Assignee: nan
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A

Claim 16:
17. A method of enabling a person to lose weight comprising:
providing an electrical dermal patch adapted to adhere to the person's skin, wherein said electrical dermal patch comprises a controller, at least one electrode adapted to be in electrical contact with said person's skin, a transceiver, and a pulse generator in electrical communication with the controller and said at least one electrode,
acquiring glucose data indicative of a glucose level or a rate of change of the glucose level of the person using an application installed on an external device;
generating a signal based upon said glucose data, using the application installed on the external device;
transmitting the signal to the electrical dermal patch using the application installed on the external device, wherein the electrical dermal patch is configured to receive the signal wirelessly via the transceiver; and
generating a first plurality of electrical pulses, based on said signal, wherein each of said first plurality of electrical pulses is defined by a first pulse amplitude and a first pulse frequency, wherein the first plurality of electrical pulses is applied for a first treatment session duration and at a first treatment session frequency, and wherein said first pulse amplitude and first pulse frequency are selected to modulate the person's appetite.