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7620455 |
Cranial nerve stimulation to treat eating disorders
Methods and systems of treating a patient having an eating disorder involving coupling at least one electrode to at least one cranial nerve of the patient, implanting a sensory stimulation device...
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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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7617002 |
Selection of neurostimulator parameter configurations using decision trees
A selection of parameter configurations for a neurostimulator using decision trees may be employed by a programming device to allow a clinician or other user to select parameter configurations, and...
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7616996 |
Randomized stimulation of a gastrointestinal organ
A device, system and method for stimulating a digestive organ is provided where the stimulation is randomized.
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7613516 |
Pelvic disorder treatment device
A device ( 20 ) for treating a medical condition is provided, and a surgical procedure for implanting the device is disclosed. The device ( 20 ) includes a sensor ( 44 ), which is adapted to...
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7613515 |
High frequency vagal blockage therapy
A method for treating at least one of a plurality of disorders characterized at least in part by vagal activity includes positioning an electrode at a body organ innervated by the vagus. An...
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7608578 |
Obesity controlling method
A method of controlling obesity by injecting bio-compatible bulking material into the pyloric sphincter area of the stomach. The injection of this material bulks the pyloric sphincter, retarding...
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7599743 |
Low frequency transcutaneous energy transfer to implanted medical device
An implantable medical device system advantageously utilizes low frequency (e.g., about 1-100 kHz) transcutaneous energy transfer (TET) for supplying power from an external control module to an...
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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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7580752 |
Implantable medical device providing adaptive neurostimulation therapy for incontinence
In general, the disclosure is directed to an implantable neurostimulator and system capable of providing adaptive neurostimulation therapy to alleviate fecal or urinary incontinence. The...
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7580751 |
Intra-luminal device for gastrointestinal stimulation
A stimulation device for electrical stimulation of a target location of a gastrointestinal tract of a patient that includes a device housing sized for introduction into a gastrointestinal tract,...
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7577476 |
System and method for transducing, sensing, or affecting vaginal or body conditions, and/or stimulating perineal musculature and nerves using 2-way wireless communications
A system and method are provided for transducing vaginal conditions, affecting vaginal or body conditions, and/or stimulating perineal musculature and nerves. A separate, portable, non-implanted...
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7565198 |
Systems and methods for bilateral stimulation of left and right branches of the dorsal genital nerves to treat dysfunctions, such as urinary incontinence
Systems and methods treat urinary incontinence by the bilateral stimulation of the left and/or right branches of the dorsal genital nerves using a single lead implanted in adipose or other tissue...
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7561918 |
Autocapture in a neurostimulator
A method (and associated apparatus) of providing electrical neurostimulation therapy to a patient using an implanted neurostimulator comprises (a) delivering an electrical stimulation to a nerve...
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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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7551964 |
Splanchnic nerve stimulation for treatment of obesity
A method for the treatment of obesity or other disorders by electrical activation or inhibition of the sympathetic nervous system is disclosed. This activation or inhibition can be accomplished by...
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7512442 |
Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity...
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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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7499753 |
Urinary Dysfunction Treatment Apparatus
An apparatus for treating urinary incontinence comprises an electrically powered stimulation device that electrically stimulates the urethral sphincter of a urinary incontinent patient and a...
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7499752 |
Selective nerve stimulation for the treatment of eating disorders
A method and apparatus for treating persons suffering from an eating disorder includes direct or indirect stimulation of selected areas of the brain associated with a symptom of the eating...
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7489969 |
Vagal down-regulation obesity treatment
Obesity is treated by applying a non-ablative, non-systemic therapy to a vagus nerve of an obese patient at a site below a vagal innervation of a heart. The therapy is selected to at least...
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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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7483746 |
Stimulation of the stomach in response to sensed parameters to treat obesity
Systems for treating an obese patient include one or more sensors configured to sense one or more physical parameters of the patient and one or more implanted stimulators configured to apply a...
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7477944 |
Systems and methods for modulation of pancreatic endocrine secretion and treatment of diabetes
Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the pancreas and/or nerve fibers innervating the pancreas to treat or prevent diabetes...
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7444184 |
Method and system for providing therapy for bulimia/eating disorders by providing electrical pulses to vagus nerve(s)
A method and system to provide pre-determined electrical pulses for neuromodulating vagus nerve(s) or its branches to provide therapy for bulimia/eating disorders, comprises implantable 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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7437195 |
Regulation of eating habits
A method for treating a subject is provided, including receiving a sensor signal responsive to the subject eating, analyzing the sensor signal, and driving a current into tissue of the subject...
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7433734 |
Apparatus and method for blocking activation of tissue or conduction of action potentials while other tissue is being therapeutically activated
A desired effect is produced by therapeutically activating tissue at a first site within a patient's body and a corresponding undesired side effect is reduced by blocking activation of tissue or...
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7430449 |
Methods and apparatus for testing disruption of a vagal nerve
Method and apparatus for disrupting a gastric vagal nerve in the gastroesophageal region and testing the function and disruption of the vagal nerve. In one example embodiment, a treatment device...
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7415308 |
Implantable medical device providing adaptive neurostimulation therapy for incontinence
In general, the disclosure is directed to an implantable neurostimulator and system capable of providing adaptive neurostimulation therapy to alleviate incontinence. The neurostimulator operates...
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7400926 |
Intestine dysfunction treatment apparatus
An intestine dysfunction treatment apparatus comprises an electric stimulation device ( 56 ) implanted in a patient, who suffers from intestine dysfunction. The stimulation device comprises...
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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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7364591 |
Method for treating morbid obesity
A method for treating morbid obesity in a body of a mammal having a gastrointestinal tract extending through a stomach and a pyloric sphincter and a wall forming the stomach and pyloric sphincter....
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7363084 |
Device for electrically stimulating stomach
The present invention provides a gastric electrical stimulation apparatus having ( 1 ) a pulse generator located outside of the body, ( 2 ) an external coil connecting to the pulse generator, ( 3 )...
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7343202 |
Method for affecting urinary function with electrode implantation in adipose tissue
Systems and methods provide a stimulation electrode assembly comprising an elongated lead sized and configured to be implanted within an adipose tissue region. The lead includes an electrically...
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7343201 |
Gastrointestinal motility control
A method and a multichannel implantable device are described for partial or complete restoration of impaired gastrointestinal motility, or for disturbing and/or partially or completely blocking...
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7340306 |
Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation
A method and apparatus for treating obese or other patients with compulsive overeating disorder includes unilaterally or bilaterally stimulating one or both of the left and right branches of a...
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7330753 |
Analysis of eating habits
Diet evaluation gastric apparatus ( 18 ) is provided, which detects when a patient ( 10 ) swallows, and detects the type and amount of matter ingested. The apparatus includes electrodes ( 74, 100 )...
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7326207 |
Surgical weight control device
This invention provides a method and system for the curative treatment of obesity. A first aspect of this invention is that it enables identification of the nerves responsible for the relaxation of...
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7310557 |
Identification of electrodes for nerve stimulation in the treatment of eating disorders
A method and apparatus for treatment of an eating disorder includes electrically, mechanically and/or pharmaceutically/chemically stimulating a of the vagus nerve of the lower esophagus, cardia,...
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7299091 |
Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation
A method of treating patients for compulsive overeating includes stimulating left and right branches of the patient's vagus nerve simultaneously with electrical pulses in a predetermined sequence...
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7292889 |
Gastric stimulator apparatus and method for use
Apparatus and method for stimulating neuromuscular tissue in the stomach. The neuromuscular stimulator stimulates the neuromuscular tissue by applying current-controlled electrical pulses. A...
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7255675 |
Devices and methods to treat a patient
Disclosed are methods and apparatus for implantation into the walls of an organ such as the stomach. Deformable or inflatable anchors with a connector between are used to pull the walls of the...
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7251529 |
Spinal cord stimulation as treatment for functional bowel disorders
The present invention relates to treatment of visceral pain of gastrointestinal origin, functional bowel disorders and irritable bowel syndrome comprising electrical stimulation of the spinal cord...
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7239918 |
Implantable pulse generator for providing functional and/or therapeutic stimulation of muscles and/or nerves and/or central nervous system tissue
Improved assemblies, systems, and methods provide an implantable pulse generator for prosthetic or therapeutic stimulation of muscles, nerves, or central nervous system tissue, or any combination....
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7221978 |
Smooth muscle controller
A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle, comprising selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion and applying a non-excitatory electrical field to the portion, which...
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7200443 |
Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulator for appetite control
A method for the treatment of eating and gastrointestinal disorders through transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation of the sympathetic celiac ganglia and nerve pathways innervating the stomach.
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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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7167751 |
Method of using a fully implantable miniature neurostimulator for vagus nerve stimulation
A method of using a small implantable stimulator(s) with at least two electrodes small enough to have the electrodes located adjacent to the vagus nerve. The small stimulator provides a means of...
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