Patent ID: 8715181

Claim:
A system for providing feedback to treat an obese patient comprising: an implantable sensor adapted to be coupled with the stomach of the patient, the sensor configured to sense patient data related to a food ingestion event; an implanted wireless transmitter coupled to the sensor; a wireless portable device comprising a processor, a storage medium, and transmitting/receiving circuitry, the wireless transmitter configured to transmit sensor-based patient data related to the food ingestion event to the device when the patient is within a distance less than about 30 feet from the device; a GPS receiver configured to determine position signals indicating patient location; and a remote server, the server comprising a tangible medium embodying machine-readable instructions for analyzing the sensor-based patient data related to the food ingestion event received from the device and the position signals from the GPS receiver and for, in response thereto, communicating analysis results to the patient or at least one other user via at least one of an email, a text message, a phone call, or a web page to reinforce healthy eating behavior of the patient; wherein the device is in communication with the sensor via the transmitting/receiving circuitry and with the server, the device configured to receive patient sensor-based patient data related to the food ingestion event from the sensor and transmit the sensor-based patient data and the position signals to the server; wherein the server is configured to communicate the analysis results to encourage healthy eating behavior within fifteen minutes after receiving the sensor-based patient data related to the food ingestion event and the position signals from the GPS receiver indicating patient location.