Treatment of pathologic craving and aversion syndromes and eating disorders by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion
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1. A method of treating a patient with an alcohol addiction, comprising:
- implanting one or more system control units in the patient, wherein one or more of the system control units are connected to and control one or more electrodes and/or drug delivery catheters that are implanted in the brain of the patient; and
delivering a stimulus configured to treat the alcohol addiction with one or more of the system control units via the one or more electrodes and/or drug delivery catheters to at least one of an anterior insula and a dorsal putamen.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent obesity and/or other eating disorders, as well as drug, nicotine and alcohol addiction, uses at least one system control unit (SCU) producing electrical pulses delivered via electrodes implanted in the brain and/or producing drug infusion pulses, wherein the stimulating drug(s) are delivered to targeted areas in the brain.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of treating a patient with an alcohol addiction, comprising:
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implanting one or more system control units in the patient, wherein one or more of the system control units are connected to and control one or more electrodes and/or drug delivery catheters that are implanted in the brain of the patient; and delivering a stimulus configured to treat the alcohol addiction with one or more of the system control units via the one or more electrodes and/or drug delivery catheters to at least one of an anterior insula and a dorsal putamen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of treating a patient with an eating disorder, comprising:
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electronically sensing at least one condition indicating a need for stimulus to one or more brain areas in the patient that are related to said eating disorder by a sensor that sends an electronic signal to at least one system control unit, thereby activating the at least one system control unit; and delivering a stimulus via one or more electrodes and/or drug delivery catheters that are implanted in the brain of the patient and that are controlled by the activated at least one system control unit, wherein the stimulus is delivered to the one or more areas of the brain related to said eating disorder; wherein the one or more areas of the brain related to said eating disorder comprise at least one or more of a nucleus of the solitary tract, an insula cortex, a medulla, and a parahippocampus. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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