Patent ID: 6915165

Claim:
An intestine dysfunction treatment apparatus, comprising: an electric stimulation device implantable in a patient, who suffers from intestine dysfunction, electric conductors of the electric stimulation device adapted to directly engage with a muscle that directly or indirectly affects the transportation of the content of the patient's intestines, to electrically stimulate the muscle to increase the tonus thereof, an internal electric source of energy implantable in the patient, and a control device controllable from outside the patient's body to control the internal electric source of energy to release electric energy for use in connection with the power of the stimulation device, when the stimulation device is implanted, the electric energy being in the form of an alternating current through the electric conductors, the intensity of the current through the electric conductors amounting to a predetermined value, the control device automatically controlling the electric source of energy to release more electric energy to restore the predetermined value of current intensity when the current through the conductors decreases.