Method, apparatus, and surgical technique for autonomic neuromodulation for the treatment of disease
First Claim
17. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the efferent fibers of the autonomic nervous system.
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Abstract
The present invention teaches a method and apparatus for physiological modulation, including neural and gastrointestinal modulation, for the purposes of treating several disorders, including obesity, depression, epilepsy, and diabetes. This includes chronically implanted neural and neuromuscular modulators, used to modulate the afferent neurons of the sympathetic nervous system to induce satiety. Furthermore, this includes neuromuscular stimulation of the stomach to effect baseline and intermittent smooth muscle contraction to increase gastric intraluminal pressure, which induces satiety, and stimulate sympathetic afferent fibers, including those in the sympathetic trunk, splanchnic nerves, and greater curvature of the stomach, to augment the perception of satiety.
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- 17. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the efferent fibers of the autonomic nervous system.
- 27. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the afferent fibers of the sympathetic nervous system.
- 29. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index.
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48-1. The method recited in claim 29, wherein said modulation of the autonomic index is used to treat obesity.
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62. An apparatus for insertion of modulator comprising:
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A. handle B. Shaft C. catheter - View Dependent Claims (63, 64)
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