Methods and apparatus for treatment of obesity with an ultrasound device movable in two or three axes
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Aug 24, 2010
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Sep 15, 2005
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Feb 24, 2005
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Mar 14, 2003
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Method and apparatus for treating obesity by an energy delivery device, such as a high focus ultrasound transducer, mounted for movement along two or three axes relative to the esophagus to deliver transesophageal energy to interrupt the function of vagal nerves. Preferably, movement along a longitudinal axis of the esophagus changes the site to which the energy is directed and movement transversely along a radius of the esophagus focuses the energy on a vagal nerve. The third degree of freedom relative to the esophagus is to rotate the transducer about the longitudinal axis of the esophagus.
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