Treatment of Consumption Disorders with Biostimulation
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1. An apparatus for diminishing a user'"'"'s desire for oral gratification, the apparatus comprising:
- (a) at least two spaced-apart electrodes for establishing an electric circuit across a portion of a user'"'"'s body, at least one of the electrodes being configured to contact a surface in the user'"'"'s oral cavity; and
(b) circuitry for generating an electrical stimulus across the electrodes, the stimulus eliciting a neural response that diminishes the user'"'"'s desire for oral gratification.
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Abstract
Nerves that carry taste sensations to the brain are stimulated in order to diminish (or, depending on the application, augment) the pleasure ordinarily associated with consumption behavior to be modified.
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25 Claims
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1. An apparatus for diminishing a user'"'"'s desire for oral gratification, the apparatus comprising:
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(a) at least two spaced-apart electrodes for establishing an electric circuit across a portion of a user'"'"'s body, at least one of the electrodes being configured to contact a surface in the user'"'"'s oral cavity; and (b) circuitry for generating an electrical stimulus across the electrodes, the stimulus eliciting a neural response that diminishes the user'"'"'s desire for oral gratification. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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- 16. A method of treating a consumption disorder, the method comprising applying an electrical stimulus to a surface in the user'"'"'s oral cavity to elicit a neural response that diminishes the user'"'"'s desire for oral gratification.
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