Treatment of eating disorders by nerve stimulation
CA 2100872 C · Owner: Baker, Ross G. Jr. · Inventors: Terry, Reese S. Jr.; Wernicke, Joachim F.; Baker, Ross G. Jr.
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A method of treating patients with compulsive eating disorders includes the steps of detecting a preselected event indicafive of an imminent need for treatment of the specific eating disorder of interest, and responding to the detected occurrence of the preselected event by applying a predetermined stimulating signal to the patient's vagus nerve appropriate to alleviate the effect of the eating disorder of interest. For example the preselected event may be a , specified level of food consumption by the patient within a set interval of time, or the commencement of a customary mealtime according to the patient's circadian cycle or the pas, sage of each of a sequence of preset intervals of …
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- Filed January 30, 1992 and granted August 27, 2002. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 30, 2012.
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