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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2005
Applicants:
Jared M. Huston, New York, NY (US);
Kevin J. Tracey, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Inventors:
Jared M. Huston, New York, NY (US);
Kevin J. Tracey, Old Greenwich, CT (US);
Assignee:
The Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research, Manhasset, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/04 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for treating a patient suffering from, or at risk for, a condition mediated by the inflammatory cytokine cascade, by electrically stimulating vagus nerve activity in an amount sufficient to inhibit the inflammatory cytokine cascade.