"It works a bit like a cardiac pacemaker, and consists of a stimulator and a sensor surgically implanted onto the stomach",says USA Today. In a few minutes after the meal, it sends electrical pulses into the stomach and the brain tricking both like the person is full. According to the patients that were using the device during the clinical trial, pacemaker helps decraese the amount of meal portion.It works as "like a little guide to help me change my life" says Hetzner, a 20-year-old Munich mailman who had the divice implanted. The divice has been approved by Britain last month, and already 65 patients have received the device from U.S. pacemaker.
As an additional benefit, the sensor tracks when patients eat, drink or exercise, so patients can chart their progress. Intrapace has also created an online network for patients to trade weight loss advice and share experiences.In Britain, the pacemaker costs about 15,000 pounds ($24,040), including the keyhole surgery used to implant it.The device lasts about five years and it will be up to patients how long they want to keep the pacemaker.
Will the device would work long-term, as people might eventually get used to the electrical pulses and keep eating anyway.
