Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation

Details Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation Treatment of obesity by sub-diaphragmatic nerve stimulation

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A61N 1/05 (2006.01) A61N 1/36 (2006.01)

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CA 2433376

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 (19, 20) of a patient's vagus nerve directly or indirectly with an electricla pusle signal generated by an implantable neurostimulator (10) with at least one operatively coupled nerve electrode (17, 18) to apply the pulse signal to the selected nerve branch at a location below the patients diaphragm (22). The implantable neurostimulator (10) is programmable to enable physician programming of electrical and timing paramaters of the pulse signal, to induce weight loss of the patient.

L'invention concerne une méthode et un appareil de traitement de patients obèses ou de patients souffrant d'hyperphagie compulsive. Cette méthode consiste à stimuler de manière unilatérale ou bilatérale les branches droite et/ou gauche des nerfs pneumogastriques, directement ou indirectement, via un signal d'impulsion électrique généré par un neurostimulateur implantable avec au moins une électrode de nerf couplée de manière fonctionnelle pour appliquer le signal d'impulsion sur la branche de nerfs sélectionnée, juste sous le diaphragme du patient. Le neurostimulateur implantable est programmable et permet par conséquent au médecin de programmer les paramètres électriques et les paramètres de synchronisation du signal d'impulsion, de manière à entraîner la perte de poids chez le patient en question.

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