Device for gastrointestinal stimulation with electrical current for e.g. preventively influencing multiorgan failure in patient, has inner coil forming unit with bipolar plate so that stimulus is inductively transferred into coil and mucosa

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This patent describes a medical device designed to stimulate the gastrointestinal tract using electrical currents. The device uses an arrangement of coils and a bipolar plate to induce electrical stimulation in the gastric mucosa, potentially helping to prevent or influence multi-organ failure in patients. The device is implantable or insertable, with a probe plate made from flexible plastic for patient comfort.

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• Prevention or treatment of multi-organ failure in critically ill patients
• Electrical stimulation therapy for gastrointestinal motility disorders, such as gastroparesis
• Non-invasive or minimally invasive neuromodulation for digestive diseases
• Research into gastrointestinal neuromodulation and its systemic effects

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• Offers a non-pharmaceutical approach to treat or prevent multi-organ failure
• Provides targeted electrical stimulation precisely to the gastric mucosa
• Minimally invasive design with flexible materials enhances patient comfort and safety
• Allows adjustable and controlled stimulation, which can be customized for different conditions or patient needs

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The device has an outer coil (5) fastened at a probe hose (2) and spaced at a distance to a probe plate (3) so that the outer coil lies on an abdominal wall when the probe plate lies at a gastric wall. A bipolar plate includes electric conductors, which are arranged on a surface of the probe plate so that the electric conductors introduce electric current into a gastric mucosa. An inner coil (6) forms a unit with the bipolar plate so that electrical stimulus is inductively transferred into the inner coil via the outer coil and into the gastric mucosa through the bipolar plate. The probe plate is made of flexible plastic.