US 2024/0189596 A1 · MEDICAL STIMULATOR AND METHOD OF STIMULATION

Abstract

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.

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Dependent claims

A medical device, comprising:

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.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/522,030Filed 28 Nov 2023

Priority

9 Dec 2022

Published

13 Jun 2024

Term ends

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Classification12 codes

A61N 1/36053
Implantable neurostimulators for stimulating central or peripheral nerve system: adapted for vagal stimulation
A61N 1/3606
Implantable neurostimulators for stimulating central or peripheral nerve system: adapted for a particular treatment
A61N 1/36085
Cognitive or psychiatric applications, e.g. dementia or Alzheimer's disease: eating disorders or obesity
A61N 1/36139
Using physiological parameters: with automatic adjustment

Medical stimulator and method of stimulation

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Medical stimulator and method of stimulation

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Abstract

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