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Bulimia treatment

  • US 7,986,995 B2
  • Filed: 01/22/2007
  • Issued: 07/26/2011
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2003
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating bulimia comprising:

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

    treating the patient'"'"'s bulimia by applying an electrical signal to the electrode, wherein the electrical signal is selected to a) at least in part, downregulate neural activity on the vagus nerve;

    b) allow at least partial restoration of nerve activity following discontinuation of application of the signal to the nerve; and

    c) have a frequency of at least 500 Hz;

    wherein the electrical signal is applied without simultaneously applying an electrical signal that upregulates afferent neural activity.

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