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7620454 |
Gastro-electric stimulation for reducing the acidity of gastric secretions or reducing the amounts thereof
A gastro-electric stimulation system includes an INS for producing an electrical stimulation signal, at least one medical electrical lead, and at least two electrical contacts. The medical...
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7593777 |
Fixation of a medical implant to the exterior of a body organ
In general, invention is directed to devices and methods for use in laparoscopic surgical procedures in which a medical implant is affixed to or implanted within an exterior surface of a body...
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7590452 |
Endoscopic system for attaching a device to a stomach
A method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient?s stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment device. The...
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7558629 |
Energy balance therapy for obesity management
Techniques are described that allow an implantable device to sense gastric data and activity data from a patient, and estimate the patient's amount of energy consumed and energy expended based on...
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7556628 |
Method for tissue ablation
Methods of ablating mucosal tissue in an alimentary canal are provided. The methods can include the steps of (i) providing an ablation device comprising a tissue ablation source; (ii) positioning...
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7519433 |
Gastrointestinal stimulation lead
An implantable lead device and method for implanting the lead, wherein the lead device electrically stimulates tissue within a patient's body and more particularly the lead device stimulates...
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7509175 |
Method and devices for stimulation of an organ with the use of a transectionally placed guide wire
Devices, systems and methods are provided for electrical stimulation of a body organ, particularly within the gastrointestinal tract. In preferred embodiments, the stomach is the organ within the...
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7507238 |
Method for vacuum-assisted tissue ablation
Methods of accessing and ablating abnormal epithelium tissue in an alimentary canal are provided. The methods can include steps of (i) inserting a vacuum source comprising one or more suction ports...
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7509174 |
Gastric treatment/diagnosis device and attachment device and method
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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7502649 |
Gastrointestinal methods and apparatus for use in treating disorders
A method is provided for detecting a change in posture of a subject. An electrical impedance is measured between two or more sites on a stomach ( 20 ) of the subject, and an impedance signal is...
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7483754 |
Endoscopic instrument system for implanting a device in the stomach
An endoscopic delivery system is provided to deliver a functional device through the esophagus and into the stomach where it is attached the stomach wall The endoscopic instruments attach or remove...
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7468060 |
Systems and methods for treating obesity and other gastrointestinal conditions
Systems and methods affect tightening of the pyloric sphincter and/or serve to mediate or moderate receptive relaxation of muscles in the stomach, to treat or mitigate various physiologic...
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7462179 |
GERD treatment apparatus and method
An apparatus includes an expandable member. The expandable member is sized to be positionable in a sphincter. An energy delivery device is positioned on a surface of the expandable member. The...
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7463934 |
Implantable medical device with captivation fixation
An implantable intramuscular lead system, such as for use as a gastric lead, and method of use in which electrodes along the lead are imbedded in tissue. First and second anchors are mounted on an...
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7458378 |
Systems methods for applying a selected treatment agent into contact with tissue to treat sphincter dysfunction
Systems and methods apply a selected treatment agent or agents into contact with tissue at or in the region of a dysfunctional sphincter (in the case of GERD, fecal incontinence, or other...
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7449020 |
Method for treating a sphincter
A method for treating a sphincter provides a polymer material having a liquid state. The method also provides a catheter having a distal end, a tissue piercing device carried by the distal end, and...
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7444183 |
Intraluminal electrode apparatus and method
A patient is treated with electrode positioned within a lumen of an esophagus of the patient and positioned at a mucosal layer of the esophagus. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to...
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7430450 |
Device and method for treating obesity
A device and method are provided for treating obesity by implanting an electrode in the duodenum and stimulating the duodenum with a stimulator, causing the pylorus to contract.
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7422587 |
Systems and methods for treating tissue regions of the body
Systems and methods deploy a therapeutic or diagnostic element into contact with a body tissue region. The systems and methods can sense position of the therapeutic or diagnostic element relative...
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7400929 |
Device and method for treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease
A lower esophageal sphincter tightening device for treating gastroesophageal reflux disease which includes an insertion device, an energy source, and an energy transmitting device. The insertion...
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7369894 |
Method, system and device for treating disorders of the pelvic floor by electrical stimulation of the sacral and/or pudendal nerves
Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of tissue volumes at two or more locations adjacent sacral nerves...
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7344535 |
Devices and methods for treatment of luminal tissue
Devices and methods are provided for treatment of tissue in a body lumen with an electrode deployment device. Embodiments typically include a device with a plurality of electrodes having a...
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7252665 |
Ablation of stomach lining to reduce stomach acid secretion
The invention provides methods and devices to reduce stomach acid secretion in a patient with a hyper acid condition. For example, the invention may involve ablation of the stomach lining to...
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7177693 |
Gastric stimulation for altered perception to treat obesity
In general, an implantable medical device is disclosed for generating and applying an electric stimulation signal to a portion of a patient's gastrointestinal tract to induce symptoms of...
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7167750 |
Obesity treatment with electrically induced vagal down regulation
At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that...
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7165551 |
Apparatus to detect and treat aberrant myoelectric activity
An apparatus to treat a sphincter has a support member. A sphincter electropotential mapping device includes a mapping electrode. The sphincter electropotential mapping device is coupled to the...
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7160294 |
Systems and methods for treating hemorrhoids
Systems and methods treat hemorrhoids by introducing a treatment device into the anal canal to extend above a hemorrhoidal plexus and adjacent a tissue region containing blood vessels that feed the...
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7127295 |
Device and method for placement of electrodes in the GI tract
The device and method for placement of an instrument, specifically electrodes, in the GI tract allows for placement of electrodes for gastric electrical stimulation into the gastric wall using...
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7125407 |
Sphincter treatment apparatus
A sphincter treatment apparatus includes an elongated member having at least one lumen including an inflation lumen and a basket assembly with first and second arms. The basket assembly is coupled...
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7120498 |
Method and device for securing a functional device to a stomach
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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7107100 |
Aendoscopic instrument system@
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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7076305 |
Gastric device and instrument system and method
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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7054690 |
Gastrointestinal stimulation device
A fixation device for holding stimulating electrodes in electrical contact with the wall of a portion of the gastrointestinal tract is provided. In one embodiment, the fixation device includes an...
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7020531 |
Gastric device and suction assisted method for implanting a device on a stomach wall
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating a patient is provided where a functional device is attached to a stomach wall. The device in one embodiment provides electrical stimulation...
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7020526 |
Electronic gastro-intestinal stimulation device
A non-invasive percutaneously acting apparatus for relieving constipation or diarrhea and appropriately stimulating peristaltic movement in the human gastro-intestinal (GI) tract. The apparatus...
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7016735 |
Gastric anchor and method
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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6971395 |
Sphincter treatment method
A method of forming a composite lesion pattern in a tissue region at or near a sphincter comprising providing a catheter having a plurality of energy delivery devices coupled to the catheter. The...
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6952613 |
Implantable gastrointestinal lead with active fixation
Active fixation, gastrointestinal leads adapted to be implanted within the body at a site of the GI tract to conduct electrical stimulation from an implantable or external gastrointestinal...
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6901295 |
Method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the lower esophageal sphincter
A method and apparatus for electrical stimulation of the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) is provided. Electrode sets are placed in the esophagus in an arrangement that induce contractions of the...
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6889076 |
Device and procedure for controlling the extent of intra-abdominal fat in the monitoring of an individual's slimming
The device ( 1 ) for controlling the extent of intra-abdominal fat in the monitoring of an individual's slimming, comprises one electrical signal generator ( 2 ) connected to at least one first...
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6872206 |
Methods for treating the cardia of the stomach
Methods treat a tissue region. In one arrangement, the methods deploy an electrode on a support structure in a tissue region at or near the cardia of the stomach. In one embodiment, the support...
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6712074 |
Systems and methods for forming composite lesions to treat dysfunction in sphincters and adjoining tissue regions
Systems and methods manipulate a support structure to form a composite lesion in a tissue region at or near a sphincter. The support structure carries an array of electrodes attachable to a source...
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6709388 |
Passage-travelling device
A self-propelling device ( 1 ) is adapted to travel through a passage ( 3 ) having walls containing contractile tissue, the device ( 1 ) comprising a body ( 2 ) and at least one contractile...
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6612983 |
Pancreatic secretion response to stimulation test protocol
A screening test is used on a patient to determine if pancreatic secretion is responsive to stimulation. The screening test compares measurements of a pancreatic indicator both before and after...
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6615084 |
Process for electrostimulation treatment of morbid obesity
An improved process using electrostimulation for treating obesity, especially morbid obesity, and other syndromes related to motor disorders of the stomach is provided. The improved method of this...
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6606523 |
Gastric stimulator apparatus and method for installing
Apparatus for stimulating neuromuscular tissue of the gastrointestinal tract and methods for installing the apparatus to the surface of the neuromuscular tissue. A pair of electrodes are supported...
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6591137 |
Implantable neuromuscular stimulator for the treatment of gastrointestinal disorders
A system and method for treating gastrointestinal and other disorders via electrical stimulation of plural portions of a patient's gastrointestinal tract uses an implantable control module, sensors...
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6564101 |
Electrical system for weight loss and laparoscopic implanation thereof
An electrical device utilized to control the body weight of a medically overweight human being comprises of at least two electrical leads for implanting on the fundus of the stomach. An electrical...
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6535764 |
Gastric treatment and diagnosis device and method
A device, system and method for diagnosing and treating gastric disorders is provided. A functional device resides within the patient's stomach and is secured to the stomach wall by an attachment...
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6510332 |
Electrode leads for use in laparoscopic surgery
This invention relates to an implant device which is designed and adapted use in laparoscopic surgery. This implant device is especially adapted for electrostimulation and/or electrical monitoring...
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