MEDICAL STIMULATOR AND METHOD OF STIMULATION

MEDICAL STIMULATOR AND METHOD OF STIMULATION

A medical device includes: one or more stimulation leads configured to stimulate at least a person's vagus nerve to treat, via the stimulation of the person's vagus nerve, both obesity and one or more medical conditions comorbid with the obesity; and a controller coupled to the one or more...

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Hauptverfasser: Shelton, Brian, Greenberg, Robert, Calderon, Joseph, Elyahoodayan, Sahar, Mech, Brian Vernon, Talbot, Neil, Dearden, Brian R, Klein, Valma, Brandt, William
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
ELECTROTHERAPY
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MAGNETOTHERAPY
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
RADIATION THERAPY
ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:A medical device includes: one or more stimulation leads configured to stimulate at least a person's vagus nerve to treat, via the stimulation of the person's vagus nerve, both obesity and one or more medical conditions comorbid with the obesity; and a controller coupled to the one or more stimulation leads and configured to control and drive the stimulation provided by the one or more stimulation leads.