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Obesity treatment with electrically induced vagal down regulation

  • US 7,167,750 B2
  • Filed: 01/06/2004
  • Issued: 01/23/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating obesity comprising:

  • positioning an electrode on or near a vagus nerve of an obese patient below a vagal innervation of the heart, with the nerve innervating at least one of a plurality of alimentary tract organs; and

    treating the patient'"'"'s obesity by applying an electrical signal to the electrode with the signal selected to, at least in part, down-regulate neural activity on the vagus nerve.

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