External pulse generator for adjunct (add-on) treatment of obesity, eating disorders, neurological, neuropsychiatric, and urological disorders
First Claim
1. An external electrical stimulator for providing electrical pulses for treatment of obesity, eating disorders, anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders, comprising:
- a) a power source, primary coil and circuitry to provide electrical pulses;
b) at least two predetermined programs to control said electric pulses generated by said external electrical stimulator; and
c) proximity sensing and feedback regulation means to regulate said electrical pulses, whereby said electrical pulses are provided for treating or alleviating symptoms of said disorders.
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Abstract
An external pulse generator comprising a primary coil and adapted to inductively couple to an implanted receiving means, is designed to deliver neuromodulation therapy for disorders comprising obesity, eating disorders, anxiety and the like. The external pulse generator contains limited number of predetermined programs. These programs provide the patient or caretaker a means to adjust the therapy within confined limits, or turn the device off. The predetermined programs contain unique combination of pulse amplitude, pulse width, frequency of stimulation, and on-off time. In another mode of operation, the parameters can be individually adjusted and the stimulation therapy program can be “customized” for the patient, and stored in the memory. The programs are capable of being modified with a programming station connected to the pulse generator with a RS232-C serial connection. Additionally, the external pulse generator has two-way wireless capabilities, whereby enabling the physicians to remotely control the therapy programs of their patients using wireless internet. Moreover, the external pulse generator has proximity sensing and feedback regulation component to provide a constant therapy in accordance with the predetermined programs.
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33 Claims
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1. An external electrical stimulator for providing electrical pulses for treatment of obesity, eating disorders, anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders, comprising:
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a) a power source, primary coil and circuitry to provide electrical pulses;
b) at least two predetermined programs to control said electric pulses generated by said external electrical stimulator; and
c) proximity sensing and feedback regulation means to regulate said electrical pulses, whereby said electrical pulses are provided for treating or alleviating symptoms of said disorders. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An external pulse generator for providing neuromodulation therapy for obesity, eating disorders, anxiety disorders and obsessive compulsive disorders, comprising:
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a) a power source, primary coil and circuitry to emit electrical signals, and b) at least two predetermined programs to control said electric signals, and wherein said external pulse generator is adapted to be inductively coupled with an implanted receiving means which is in electrical contact with the nerve tissue; and
c) proximity sensing and feedback regulation means to regulate said electrical signals, whereby said electrical signals are provided for said neuromodulation therapy. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An external pulse generator, adapted to be inductively coupled with an implanted receiving means which is in electrical contact with nerve tissue, for providing electrical signals to provide therapy for at least one of obesity, eating disorders, neurologic, neuropsychiatric, and urological disorders comprising:
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a) a power source, primary coil, and circuitry to provide electrical signals, b) at least two predetermined programs to control said electric signals, c) proximity sensing and feedback regulation means to regulate said electrical signals; and
d) wireless telemetry means for remote communication, whereby said electric signals provided by said external pulse generator can be wirelessly remote controlled. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. An external pulse generator for providing pulsed electrical signals to vagus nerve, for treatment of obesity, eating disorders, anxiety disorders, comprising:
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a) a power source, primary coil, circuitry to provide electrical signals, and at least two predetermined programs, b) said external pulse generator adapted to be inductively coupled with an implanted receiving means which is in electrical contact with said vagus nerve, and c) proximity sensing and feedback regulation means to regulate said electrical signals.
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