Invention Application
US20050070974A1 Obesity and eating disorder stimulation treatment with neural block
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肥胖和饮食障碍刺激治疗神经阻滞
- Patent Title: Obesity and eating disorder stimulation treatment with neural block
- Patent Title (中): 肥胖和饮食障碍刺激治疗神经阻滞
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Application No.: US10756176Application Date: 2004-01-12
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Publication No.: US20050070974A1Publication Date: 2005-03-31
- Inventor: Mark Knudson , Richard Wilson , Katherine Tweden , Timothy Conrad
- Applicant: Mark Knudson , Richard Wilson , Katherine Tweden , Timothy Conrad
- Main IPC: A61N1/05
- IPC: A61N1/05 ; A61N1/32 ; A61N1/34 ; A61N1/36 ; A61N1/18
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for treating patients suffering from obesity or eating disorders by applying a predetermined stimulating signal to the patient's vagus nerve appropriate to alleviate the condition and by applying a neural conduction block to the vagus nerve at a blocking site with the neural conduction block selected to at least partially block nerve impulses on the vagus nerve at the blocking site.
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