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US 6,922,590 B1Granted
Systems and methods for treatment of diabetes by electrical brain stimulation and/or drug infusion
AssigneeAdvanced Bionics AG
InventorTodd K. Whitehurst
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Abstract
Systems and methods for introducing one or more stimulating drugs and/or applying electrical stimulation to the brain to at least treat or prevent diabetes uses at least one system control unit (SCU) producing electrical pulses delivered via electrodes implanted in the brain and/or producing drug infusion pulses, wherein the stimulating drug(s) are delivered to targeted areas in the brain.
Claims24
A method of preventing diabetes or treating patients with diabetes, comprising:
- implanting at least one system control unit in at least one of the skull and the brain of the patient, wherein the at least one unit controls the delivery of at least one stimulus to at least one area of the brain affecting diabetes;
- applying the at least one stimulus to the at least one area of the brain that exhibits chronic abnormal activity, in order to prevent or treat diabetes,
- wherein the area is the nucleus of the solitary tract.
A method of preventing metabolic disorders or treating patients with metabolic disorders, comprising:
- implanting at least one system control unit in at least one of the skull and the brain of the patient, wherein the at least one unit controls the delivery of at least one stimulus to at least one area of the brain affecting a metabolic disorder;
- applying the at least one stimulus to the at least one area of the brain that exhibits chronic abnormal activity, in order to prevent or treat the metabolic disorder,
- wherein the area is the nucleus of the solitary tract.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.