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Selective nerve stimulation for the treatment of eating disorders

  • US 7,499,752 B2
  • Filed: 07/29/2005
  • Issued: 03/03/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/29/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of treating an individual suffering from an eating disorder, the method comprising:

  • coupling a first stimulator to a predetermined stimulation site comprising a volume of neural tissue in an area of the individual'"'"'s brain selected from the group consisting of insula, subcallosal area, cingulate, thalamus, prefrontal cerebral cortex, brain stem, cerebellum, and white matter tracts leading to an aforementioned area;

    coupling a second stimulator to a cranial nerve of the individual;

    applying a first predetermined stimulatory signal to said first stimulator; and

    applying a second predetermined stimulatory signal to said second stimulator, wherein said application of said first and second signals causes modulation of neuronal activity of said neural tissue to ameliorate the eating disorder.

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