Neem (neurostimulation device)

2025: Product Announcement

Russia In developed a wearable device Neem, which helps to control appetite, reduce stress and improve sleep by stimulating the vagus nerve. The gadget will be the first domestic product of its kind for home use. The official presentation took place St. Petersburg on December 10, 2025.

The development was carried out with the participation of scientists from the National Medical Research Center for Therapy and Preventive Medicine. Ministry of Health RUSSIAN FEDERATION The basis was a Russian patent for a method of weight loss with obesity the method of percutaneous stimulation of the vagus nerve, obtained in July 2024. It took about four years to get from the idea to the finished device.

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The device acts non-invasively, according to the patented taVNS method, activating the natural mechanisms of the body's self-regulation. Strict diets, medications or surgeries are not required. The gadget is a small autonomous module with a cable and an electrode clip, which is attached to the left ear.

The principle of operation is based on percutaneous auricular stimulation of the vagus nerve. The device generates electrical impulses that act on nerve fibers in the ear region and activate the brain centers responsible for eating behavior. This triggers the body's natural regulatory processes.

The effectiveness of the method is confirmed by clinical trials in 100 patients with first-degree obesity. In the real stimulation group, 82.1% of participants achieved a significant weight reduction of more than 5%. In the placebo control group, only 11.6% achieved such results.

In patients from the first group, without any special instructions, eating habits naturally changed. They began to favor lower-calorie foods and reduced their consumption of simple carbohydrates. This demonstrates the effect of stimulation on eating regulation centers.^[1]

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