Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation
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Nov 20, 2007
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Feb 5, 2004
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Jul 1, 2003
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Jul 1, 1999
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A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating includes stimulating left and right branches of the patient's vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence of a first period in which pulses are applied continuously, alternating with a second period in which no pulses are applied. The electrical pulses are preferably applied to the vagus nerve at a supradiaphragmatic location.
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