Direct and Indirect Control of Muscle for the Treatment of Pathologies

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APP PUB NO 20070106338A1
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11555170

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Methods for treating various health ailments that arise from dysfunction of smooth muscle associated with organ function caused by neurological malfunction wherein an appropriate signal fails to properly drive the smooth muscle wherein the treatment includes reproducing an appropriate signal and applying same either directly to the smooth muscle exhibiting the failure to respond properly, or by applying the signal to the nerves that innervate the muscles. The various treatments contemplated by this invention include, but are not limited to: acid reflux (lower esophageal sphincter), gallbladder pain, post-cholecystectomy pain, obesity, and high cholesterol (the sphincter of Oddi), pancreatic function and pancreatic pain associated with cancer (sphincter of Oddi), and asthma (the anterior and posterior pulmonary plexuses and the bronchial plexuses).

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ELECTROCORE INC200 FORGE WAY SUITE 205 ROCKAWAY NJ 07866

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Errico, Joseph P Green Brook, NJ 394 31506

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