Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation
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1. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
- performing bilateral stimulation of the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by applying a stimulating electrical signal directly and intermittently to the right and left vagi, wherein the parameters of said signal are predetermined to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient.
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Abstract
A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating includes stimulating left and right branches of the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence of a first period in which pulses are applied continuously, alternating with a second period in which no pulses are applied. The electrical pulses are preferably applied to the vagus nerve at a supradiaphragmatic location.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
performing bilateral stimulation of the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by applying a stimulating electrical signal directly and intermittently to the right and left vagi, wherein the parameters of said signal are predetermined to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
bilaterally stimulating the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by chronically applying a stimulating electrical signal intermittently to the right and left vagi, the parameters or said signal being selected to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient.
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19. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
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implanting separate nerve stimulator generators into the patient, and bilaterally stimulating The patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by applying a stimulating electrical signal intermittently to the right and left vagi from said implanted separate nerve stimulator generators, the parameters of said signal being selected to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient.
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20. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
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implanting nerve stimulator generator apparatus into the patient, and bilaterally stimulating the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by applying a stimulating electrical signal intermittently to the right and left vagi from said implanted nerve stimulator generator apparatus, the parameters of said signal being selected to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient.
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21. A method of treating patients for obesity, which comprises the steps of:
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implanting separate nerve stimulator generators into the patient, and bilaterally stimulating the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve by applying a stimulating electrical signal in the form of a pulse signal having a prescribed on-off duty cycle continuously to the right and left vagi from said implanted separate nerve stimulator generators, so that pulses are applied during the on portion of said duty cycle and not during the off portion of said duty cycle, the parameters of said signal being selected to produce a sensation of satiety in the patient.
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22. A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating, which comprises the steps of:
directly stimulating the left and right branches of the patient'"'"'s vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence of a first period in which pulses are applied continuously, alternating with a second period in which no pulses are applied. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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