METHOD OF USING SPINAL CORD STIMULATION TO TREAT GASTROINTESTINAL AND/OR EATING DISORDERS OR CONDITIONS
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Abstract
The present invention involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation to treat gastrointestinal and/or eating disorders. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead that is in communication with predetermined thoracic vertebral segments to cause spinal nervous tissue stimulation, thus treating a wide variety of gastrointestinal disorders.
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21 Claims
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10. A method of treating gastroparesis, comprising:
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implanting at least one electrical lead of an electrical spinal cord stimulation system within the epidural space of a patient such that at least one electrode of the electrical lead is disposed adjacent to nerve tissue of the patient'"'"'s spinal cord within a thoracic vertebral segment; selecting a plurality of operating parameters for the electrical spinal cord stimulation system that are effective for treating the gastrointestinal disorder; programming the electrical spinal cord stimulation system according to the plurality of operating parameters; and treating the patient'"'"'s gastroparesis by increasing gastric motility by activating the electrical spinal cord stimulation system to deliver electrical pulses to the electrode adjacent to the nerve tissue within the thoracic vertebral segment. - View Dependent Claims (12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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11. (canceled)
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