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Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation

  • US 7,340,306 B2
  • Filed: 08/18/2003
  • Issued: 03/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/02/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of treating an obese patient, comprising:

  • surgically implanting in the abdomen of the patient an electrical signal generator and electrodes operatively coupled thereto for generating and applying said electrical signal internally at a location below the patient'"'"'s diaphragm to indirectly stimulate a selected one of the left branch and the right branch of the vagus nerve;

    applying said electrical signal indirectly and unilaterally to said selected one of the left branch and the right branch of the vagus nerve internally in the abdomen at said location below the patient'"'"'s diaphragm; and

    programming electrical and timing parameters of said electrical signal, to induce weight loss of the patient.

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