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Method of using a fully implantable miniature neurostimulator for vagus nerve stimulation

  • US 7,167,751 B1
  • Filed: 11/19/2004
  • Issued: 01/23/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for treating a patient with an endocrine disorder, comprising:

  • generating stimulation pulses with an implanted stimulator in accordance with one or more stimulation parameters, the stimulator being coupled to at least two implanted electrodes; and

    delivering the stimulation pulses via the at least two electrodes to at least one or more of an anterior superior pancreaticoduodenal plexus, an anterior inferior pancreaticoduodenal plexus, a posterior pancreaticoduodenal plexus, and an inferior pancreaticoduodenal plexus;

    wherein the stimulation pulses are configured to treat the endocrine disorder.

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