US Patent No: 7,167,750
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Obesity treatment with electrically induced vagal down regulation
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Jan 23, 2007
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Jan 6, 2004
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Abstract
At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that includes positioning a neurostimulator carrier around a body organ of the patient where the organ is innervated by at least a vagal trunk. An electrode is disposed on the carrier and positioned at the vagal trunk. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity by an amount selected to treat the disorder. The signal may be a blocking or a stimulation signal.
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| 2004/0172,085 Nerve stimulation and conduction block therapy | 73 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0176,812 Enteric rhythm management | 80 | 2003 | |
| 2005/0070,970 Movement disorder stimulation with neural block | 38 | 2004 | |
| 2005/0070,974 Obesity and eating disorder stimulation treatment with neural block | 46 | 2004 | |
| 2005/0038,484 Controlled vagal blockage therapy | 71 | 2004 | |
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| 6,097,984 System and method of stimulation for treating gastro-esophageal reflux disease | 131 | 1998 | |
| 6,853,862 Gastroelectric stimulation for influencing pancreatic secretions | 82 | 2000 | |
| 6,928,320 Apparatus for blocking activation of tissue or conduction of action potentials while other tissue is being therapeutically activated | 92 | 2001 | |
| 2004/0236,381 Gastro-electric stimulation for reducing the acidity of gastric secretions or reducing the amounts thereof | 38 | 2003 | |
| 2004/0236,382 Gastro-electric stimulation for increasing the acidity of gastric secretions or increasing the amounts thereof | 38 | 2003 | |
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| 2003/0212,440 Method and system for modulating the vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) using modulated electrical pulses with an inductively coupled stimulation system | 98 | 2002 | |
| 7,076,307 Method and system for modulating the vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve) with electrical pulses using implanted and external components, to provide therapy neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders | 47 | 2004 | |
| 2005/0137,644 Method and system for vagal blocking and/or vagal stimulation to provide therapy for obesity and other gastrointestinal disorders | 39 | 2005 | |
| 2005/0143,787 Method and system for providing electrical pulses for neuromodulation of vagus nerve(s), using rechargeable implanted pulse generator | 92 | 2005 | |
| 2005/0149,146 Method and system to provide therapy for obesity and other medical disorders, by providing electrical pules to symapthetic nerves or vagal nerve(s) with rechargeable implanted pulse generator | 75 | 2005 | |
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| 5,231,988 Treatment of endocrine disorders by nerve stimulation | 267 | 1991 | |
| 5,263,480 Treatment of eating disorders by nerve stimulation | 268 | 1992 | |
| 5,540,730 Treatment of motility disorders by nerve stimulation | 347 | 1995 | |
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| 6,684,105 Treatment of disorders by unidirectional nerve stimulation | 159 | 2001 | |
| 2003/0045,909 Selective nerve fiber stimulation for treating heart conditions | 167 | 2002 | |
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| 2002/0161,403 Deep brain stimulation system for the treatment of parkinson's disease or other disorders | 2001 | ||
| 2006/0036,293 Methods for treating gastrointestinal disorders | 46 | 2005 | |
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| 2003/0181,958 Electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system | 113 | 2002 | |
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| 2001/0012,828 Intraspinal botulinum toxin for treating pain | 16 | 2001 | |
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| 6,826,428 Gastrointestinal electrical stimulation | 123 | 2002 | |
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| 5,199,430 Micturitional assist device | 96 | 1991 | |
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| 5,514,175 Auricular electrical stimulator | 72 | 1994 | |
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| 2003/0018,367 Method and apparatus for neuromodulation and phsyiologic modulation for the treatment of metabolic and neuropsychiatric disease | 117 | 2002 | |
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| 6,341,236 Vagal nerve stimulation techniques for treatment of epileptic seizures | 243 | 1999 | |
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| 2003/0181,959 Wireless electric modulation of sympathetic nervous system | 59 | 2002 | |
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| 6,895,278 Gastric stimulator apparatus and method for use | 80 | 1999 | |
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| 6,993,391 Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity | 29 | 2003 | |
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| 2005/0143,378 Treatment of conditions through pharmacological modulation of the autonomic nervous system | 16 | 2003 | |
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| 6,369,079 Methods for treating irritable bowel syndrome using optically pure (+) norcisapride | 19 | 2000 | |
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| 6,449,511 Gastrointestinal electrical stimulator having a variable electrical stimulus | 79 | 2000 | |
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| 5,423,872 Process and device for treating obesity and syndromes related to motor disorders of the stomach of a patient | 237 | 1993 | |
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