METHODS FOR AUTONOMIC NEUROMODULATION FOR THE TREATMENT OF SYSTEMIC DISEASE
First Claim
1. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
- modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence insulin level.
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Abstract
A method, apparatus, and surgical technique for the modulation of autonomic function, for the purpose of treating any of several conditions and diseases, including obesity, metabolic disorders, endocrine disorders, diabetes, respiratory disease, asthma, inflammatory disease, immunological disease, infection, cancer, cardiac disease, cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, vasospasm, vascular disease, psychiatric disease, depression, affective disorders, anxiety disorders, and other conditions. This includes neural and tissue modulators, including implanted devices, used to modulate efferent and afferent autonomic neurons to influence or control autonomic or other neural function, including modulation of sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system components as well as their combination.
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38 Claims
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1. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence insulin level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence bronchodilation level. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence at least one of inflammatory response and immune response. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 22, 23, 24)
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20. The method of 17 wherein said medical condition comprises at least one of immunological disorder, inflammatory condition, irritable bowel syndrome, cancer, neoplastic condition, lymphoma, leukemia, primary tumor, metastatic tumor, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, myositis, vasculidities, vasculitis, eczema, organ transplant maintenance, organ transplant rejection, infection, abscess, sepsis, meningitis, human immunodeficiency virus infection, subclinical infection, asymptomatic infection, other infectious condition, and other inflammatory condition.
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21. The method of 20 wherein said medical condition comprises at least one of inflammation of bronchi, inflammation of bronchioles, and inflammation of alveoli.
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25. The method of 16 wherein said medical condition comprises at least one of inflammatory condition, inflammatory disease, inflammatory bowel disease, condition treatable with immunomodulation, immune disease, infection, cancer, autoimmune disease, autoimmune immunodeficiency syndrome, human immunodeficiency virus infection, severe combined immunodeficiency, other cause of immunodeficiency, other cause of immunosuppression, mitigation of effects of iatrogenic immunosuppression, mitigation of effects of iatrogenic immunosuppression for organ transplantation, mitigation of effects of iatrogenic immunosuppression for treating autoimmune disorders, other causes of decreased immune system activity, multiple sclerosis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, diabetes, type I diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, graft versus host disease, psoriasis, allergic reactions, dermatitis, other allergic condition, complications from infection, lyme disease, streptococcal pharyngitis, rheumatic heart disease, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacterial infection, viral infection, other infection, exposure to infectious agent, exposure to allergenic agent, and organ transplantation.
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26. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence at least one of cardiac function and vascular function. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33)
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30. The method of 27 wherein said medical condition comprises at least one of cardiac disease, heart failure, bradycardia, decreased myocardial contractility, congestive heart failure, post myocardial infarction sequelae, other cardiac disorder, heart block, hypotension, neurogenic shock, diastolic disease, hypertension, tachycardia, and other cardiac rhythm abnormality.
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34. The method of 31 wherein said medical condition comprises at least one of cerebral vasospasm, ischemic stroke, peripheral vascular disease, low blood pressure, low vascular tone, hypertension, essential hypertension, renally mediated hypertension, atherosclerosis mediated hypertension, other forms of systemic hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, cerebral vascular disease, myocardial infarction, stroke, application for enhanced circulation, application for enhanced drug delivery, infection, applications for enhanced circulation as an adjuvant to accelerate healing processes, ulcers, postoperative wound, trauma, headache, applications for effecting cerebral vasodilation, smoking cessation, drug withdrawal, hyperhidrosis, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, and pain.
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35. A method for treating a medical condition by modulating the autonomic index comprising:
modulating the autonomic nervous system, said modulating comprising delivering a signal using a neuromodulator which modulates the autonomic nervous system to influence limbic function. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38)
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