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US 2004/0172084 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for treatment of gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD)
OwnerMark B. Knudson, Timothy R. Conrad +2inventors
InventorsMark B. Knudson, Timothy R. Conrad, Luke B. Evnin, Katherine S. Tweden
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Abstract
GERD is treated through a method and apparatus of stimulating the body organ to accelerate a discharge of contents from the duodenum of the patient to thereby encourage discharge of contents from the stomach of the patient across the pyloric valve and into the duodenum.
Claims28
A method for treating gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) of a patient comprising:
- treating a body organ to accelerate a discharge of contents through at least a portion of a small intestine of the patient to thereby encourage discharge of contents from a stomach of the patient across a pyloric valve of the patient and into said small intestine.
An apparatus for treating gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) of a patient comprising:
- a generator for generating a stimulation signal;
- a conductor for electrically connecting said signal generator to a body organ to accelerate a discharge of contents from a portion of said small intestine of the patient to thereby encourage discharge of contents from a stomach of the patient across a pyloric valve of the patient and into said portion of said small intestine.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.