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Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the pancreatico-biliary system

  • US 9,037,244 B2
  • Filed: 02/13/2008
  • Issued: 05/19/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for treating obesity in a patient, comprising the steps of:

  • arranging at least one electrode on at least one of a pancreas, a pancreatic duct, a pancreatic sphincter, a bile duct, a cystic duct, a gall bladder, a biliary sphincter, or autonomic nerves supplying the pancreas and the biliary system, andactivating said electrode to provide an electrical stimulus thereto, wherein said electrical stimulus is configured to cause a dissociation between a timing of food passing through the intestinal lumen and a timing of at least one of pancreatic or biliary secretions and thereby cause or increase a disruption in said patient'"'"'s digestion of food.

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