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SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRESTMENT OF OBESITY AND EATING DISORDERS BY ELECTRICAL BRAIN STIMULATION AND/ OR DRUG INFUSION

  • US 20050033376A1
  • Filed: 11/06/2001
  • Published: 02/10/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of preventing eating disorders or treating patients with eating disorders, comprising:

  • Implanting at least one system control unit in at least one of the skull and the brain of the patient, wherein the at least one unit controls the delivery of at least one stimulus to at least one area of the brain affecting at least one eating disorder;

    applying the at least one stimulus to the at least one area of the brain that exhibits chronic abnormal activity, in order to prevent or treat the at least one eating disorder, wherein the area is the nucleus of the solitary tract.

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