Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation

Details Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation Treatment of obesity by bilateral vagus nerve stimulation

A - Human Necessities

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A61N 1/36 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2401098

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 of a first period in which pulses are applied continuously, alternating with a second period in which no pulses are applied. The electrical pulses are preferably applied to the vagus nerve at a supradiaphragmatic location.

L'invention concerne un procédé de traitement des patients atteints d'hyperphagie boulimique, consistant à stimuler simultanément les branches gauche et droite du nerf vague du patient à l'aide d'impulsions électriques dans une séquence prédéterminée d'une première période durant laquelle les impulsions sont appliquées de manière continue, en alternance avec une seconde période durant laquelle aucune impulsion n'est appliquée. Les impulsions électriques sont de préférence appliquées au nerf vague à un emplacement supradiaphragmatique.

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