Techniques for treating eating disorders by brain stimulation and drug infusion
US5782798A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 26, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jul 21, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 26, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/906
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques using one or more drugs and/or electrical stimulation for treating an eating disorder by means of an implantable signal generator and electrode and/or an implantable pump and catheter. A catheter is surgically implanted in the brain to infuse the drugs, and one or more electrodes may be surgically implanted in the brain to provide electrical stimulation.
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