Treating inflammatory disorders by electrical vagus nerve stimulation
CA 2593079 C · Owner: The Feinstein Institute For Medical Research · Inventors: Huston, Jared M.; Tracey, Kevin J.
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A method and an apparatus for treating a patient suffering from or at risk , for, a condition mediated by the inflammatory cytokine cascade by , electrically stimulating vagus nerve activity in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade.
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- Filed June 22, 2005 and granted August 19, 2014. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended June 22, 2025.
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