Method of treating addiction by brain infusion
US6109269A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 1999 |
| Grant date | Aug 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 30, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61M2210/0693
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Techniques using one or more drugs, electrical stimulation or both to treat addictions by means of an implantable signal generator and electrode and an implantable pump and catheter. A catheter is surgically implanted in selected sites in the brain to infuse the drugs, and one or more electrodes are surgically implanted in the brain at selected sites to provide electrical stimulation.
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