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Techniques for treating anxiety disorders by brain stimulation and drug infusion

  • US 6,263,237 B1
  • Filed: 02/14/2000
  • Issued: 07/17/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/01/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of using one or more drugs to therapeutically treat an anxiety disorder by means of an implantable pump and a catheter having a proximal end coupled to the pump and a discharge portion for infusing therapeutic dosages of the one or more drugs, the method comprising the steps of:

  • surgically implanting the catheter so that the discharge portion lies in a brain parenchyma; and

    , operating the pump to discharge a predetermined dosage of the one or more drugs through the discharge portion of the catheter into the infusion site, whereby an anxiety disorder is treated.

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