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DEVICES AND METHODS FOR INHIBITING GRANULOCYTE ACTIVATION BY NEURAL STIMULATION

  • US 20090062874A1
  • Filed: 08/26/2008
  • Published: 03/05/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating and/or preventing a granulocyte-mediated disease or disorder, the method comprising:

  • identifying a subject suffering from, or at risk for, a disease or disorder mediated by granulocyte activation; and

    stimulating the subject'"'"'s inflammatory reflex in an amount sufficient to achieve an inhibition in expression of a marker of granulocyte activation without desensitizing the response of the granulocytes to vagal stimulation.

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