Vagal down-regulation obesity treatment

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PATENT NO 7489969
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10674330

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Obesity is treated by applying a non-ablative, non-systemic therapy to a vagus nerve of an obese patient at a site below a vagal innervation of a heart. The therapy is selected to at least partially down-regulate a neural activity on the vagus nerve of the obese patient. The therapy is applied in a manner to down-regulate at least afferent signals on the vagus nerve.

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  • ENTEROMEDICS INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Conrad, Timothy R Eden Prairie, US 98 7698
Knudson, Mark B Shoreview, US 157 17894
Tweden, Katherine S Mahtomedi , US 72 6807
Wilson, Richard R Arden Hills, US 68 5176

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