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Can Neurostimulation Cure Obesity?Can Neurostimulation Cure Obesity?
Neuromodulation has already been used to treat conditions such as epilepsy, depression, and migraines. A device made by Medtronic was most recently approved to treat obsessive compulsive disorder. Now two companies in Minnesota are also developing devices that could help obese adults. EnteroMedics Inc. is conducting trials on its VBLOC therapy and will go after FDA approval by the end of 2009.
March 3, 2009
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The implantable system delivers electrical impulses to block signals that begin in the brain and travel through the digestive system to create a feeling of hunger. Start-up company Leptos Biomedical Inc. is working on a device for chronic obesity that stimulates a certain nerve to control how fast the body burns fat, according to the Star Tribune.The neuromodulation market has great potential. Last year investment in neurodevices rose 10% to $389 million, according to NeuroInsights, and Frost & Sullivan estimates it will grow 16% each year until 2012.
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