Patent ID: 8295932

Claim:
Apparatus for treating a subject, comprising: an electrode device, which comprises: a plurality of electrodes; one or more flexible support elements, which are coupled to the electrodes, and are adapted to expand in a stomach of a subject, such that (a) the electrode device cannot pass from the stomach, and (b) at least a portion of the electrodes comes in contact with a wall of the stomach at least a portion of the time that the electrodes are in the stomach, wherein the support elements are adapted to remain in the stomach for at least 24 hours, and at least a portion of the electrode device is adapted to thereafter come apart to thereby allow passage of the electrode device from the stomach; and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrodes to apply an electrical signal to the stomach wall; and an ingestible capsule, adapted to hold the electrode device during ingestion of the capsule by the subject, and to release the electrode device in the stomach.