Method of gastrointestinal stimulation with electrical pulses
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1. A METHOD OF TREATMENT OF PARALYTIC ILEUS IN THE BODIES OF ANIMALS INCLUDING HUMANS INCLUDING THE STEPS OF POSITIONING A FIRST ELECTRODE IN THE ANTRAL REGION IN PROXIMITY TO THE PYLORUS IN SUCH A BODY, POSITIONING A SECOND ELECTRODE IN SPACED RELATION TO THE FIRST ELECTRODE AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID BODY, GENERATING A SERIES OF ELECTRICAL PULSES AND IMPRESSING SAID SERIES OF IMPULSES BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES FOR A FIRST FINITE TIME PERIOD, ALLOWING A SECOND FINITE TIME PERIOD TO ELAPSE WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BEING IMPRESSED, AND REPEATING THE IMPULSE AND NON-IMPULSE STEPS UNTIL POSITIVE SIGNS OF RESTORED PER ISTALTIC ACTIVITY ARE OBSERVED;
- WHEREIN SAID FIRST PERIOD IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND TIME PERIODS TOGETHER ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE.
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1. A METHOD OF TREATMENT OF PARALYTIC ILEUS IN THE BODIES OF ANIMALS INCLUDING HUMANS INCLUDING THE STEPS OF POSITIONING A FIRST ELECTRODE IN THE ANTRAL REGION IN PROXIMITY TO THE PYLORUS IN SUCH A BODY, POSITIONING A SECOND ELECTRODE IN SPACED RELATION TO THE FIRST ELECTRODE AND IN CONTACT WITH SAID BODY, GENERATING A SERIES OF ELECTRICAL PULSES AND IMPRESSING SAID SERIES OF IMPULSES BETWEEN SAID ELECTRODES FOR A FIRST FINITE TIME PERIOD, ALLOWING A SECOND FINITE TIME PERIOD TO ELAPSE WITHOUT ANY ELECTRICAL IMPULSES BEING IMPRESSED, AND REPEATING THE IMPULSE AND NON-IMPULSE STEPS UNTIL POSITIVE SIGNS OF RESTORED PER ISTALTIC ACTIVITY ARE OBSERVED;
- WHEREIN SAID FIRST PERIOD IS APPROXIMATELY FIVE SECONDS AND SAID FIRST AND SECOND TIME PERIODS TOGETHER ARE APPROXIMATELY ONE MINUTE.
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Current AssigneeRobert C. Wingrove
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Original AssigneeRobert C. Wingrove
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InventorsWingrove, Robert C.
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Application NumberUS04/356,590Time in Patent Office1,693 DaysField of SearchUS Class Current607/40CPC Class CodesA61N 1/36007 of urogenital or gastrointe...
