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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8103349 | Neural electrode treatment An apparatus for applying a signal to a nerve for the treatment of a disorder includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Each of the electrodes is adapted to be secured to a nerve of a patient. A signal generator is electrically connected to each of the firs... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8068918 | Remote monitoring and control of implantable devices A treatment system includes a regulator implanted within a patient, a computing device storing at least one patient database associated with the patient in whom the regulator is implanted, and a data transfer device. The data transfer device provides bidirectional c... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8046085 | Controlled vagal blockage therapy A method for treating at least one of a plurality of disorders characterized at least in part by vagal activity includes positioning an electrode around a body organ innervated by the vagus. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity... | 10/25/2011 |
| 8010204 | Nerve blocking for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders A system comprising: at least one electrode adapted to be placed on a vagus nerve below a vagal innervation of the heart; an implantable controller comprising an induction coil, at least one circuit for generating a neural conduction blocking signal connected to the... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7986995 | Bulimia treatment At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that includes positioning an electrode on a vagus nerve. An electrical sign... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7917226 | Antenna arrangements for implantable therapy device Embodiments of an implantable medical device includes a loop antenna wound about an inner housing. The loop antenna may form a partial winding, a complete winding, or multiple windings about the inner housing. One or more additional antennae may be capacitively coup... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7844338 | High frequency obesity treatment A method for treating at least one of a plurality of disorders characterized at least in part by vagal activity includes positioning an electrode around a body organ innervated by the vagus. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7833279 | Pancreatic exocrine secretion diversion apparatus and method A method and apparatus for treating a patient's health condition by diverting pancreatic exocrine secretions include a flow diverter of material compatible with chronic residence within a small intestine of the patient. The flow diverter has a cover end and a discha... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7822486 | Custom sized neural electrodes An apparatus for applying a signal to a nerve for the treatment of a disorder includes a main electrode body of biocompatible dielectric material and having a concave upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The concave upper surface curves about an axis and has... | 10/26/2010 |
| 7729771 | Nerve stimulation and blocking for treatment of gastrointestinal disorders At least one of a plurality of gastrointestinal disorders is treated by stimulating an enteric nervous system of a patient to enhance a functional tone of the enteric nervous system. A treatment includes electrically stimulating a vagus nerve of the patient at a sti... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7693577 | Irritable bowel syndrome treatment At least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient is treated by a method that includes positioning a neurostimulator carrier around a body organ of ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7672727 | Neural electrode treatment An apparatus for applying a signal to a nerve for the treatment of a disorder includes a first electrode and a second electrode. Each of the electrodes is adapted to be secured to a nerve of a patient. A signal generator is electrically connected to each of the firs... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7630769 | GI inflammatory disease treatment Methods and an apparatus are described for treating at least one of a plurality of disorders of a patient characterized at least in part by vagal activity innervating at least one of a plurality of organs of the patient. Embodiments include a method for treating a p... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7613515 | High frequency vagal blockage therapy A method for treating at least one of a plurality of disorders characterized at least in part by vagal activity includes positioning an electrode at a body organ innervated by the vagus. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to modulate vagal activity. Th... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7489969 | Vagal down-regulation obesity treatment Obesity is treated by applying a non-ablative, non-systemic therapy to a vagus nerve of an obese patient at a site below a vagal innervation of a heart. The therapy is selected to at least partially down-regulate a neural activity on the vagus nerve of the obese pat... | 02/10/2009 |
| 7444183 | Intraluminal electrode apparatus and method A patient is treated with electrode positioned within a lumen of an esophagus of the patient and positioned at a mucosal layer of the esophagus. An electrical signal is applied to the electrode to to create a neural conduction block on a vagal trunk external to the ... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7201757 | Gastro-esophageal reflux disease (GERD) treatment method and apparatus The method of the invention includes accessing a juncture of an esophagus and a stomach of the patient on a distal side of a diaphragm. The esophagus and a fundus of the stomach intersect at a cardiac notch located at an original cardiac notch position. A reducing e... | 04/10/2007 |
| 6860851 | Vulnerable plaque diagnosis and treatment Vulnerable plaque is identified through a diagnostic method by identifying pathologic markers such as C-reactive proteins or pH change generated by the pathologic site. First and second detectors are advanced through a blood vessel with each of the detectors selecte... | 03/01/2005 |
