Ingestible device for production of nitric oxide in tissues

摘要

Apparatus is provided including an ingestible device (10), which includes two or more electrodes (22), and a signal controller (20), configured to drive the electrodes (22) to apply an electrical signal to an inner surface of a wall of a gastrointestinal (GI) tract of a subject, and to configure the signal to induce local endogenous release of nitric oxide (NO). Other embodiments are also described.