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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Dennis Dong-won Kim, La Jolla, CA (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Inventors:
Dennis Dong-Won Kim, La Jolla, CA (US);
Mark B. Knudson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Assignee:
EnteroMedics Inc., St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61M 5/142 (2006.01); A61N 1/372 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36007 (2013.01); A61M 5/14276 (2013.01); A61M 2205/353 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3515 (2013.01); A61M 2205/3523 (2013.01); A61M 2210/105 (2013.01); A61M 2210/1053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36114 (2013.01); A61N 1/37264 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method and system for designing a therapy or for treating a condition associated with excess weight in a subject comprising applying a neural conduction block to the vagus nerve at a blocking site with the neural conduction block selected to at least partially block nerve impulses on the vagus nerve at the blocking site and administering a composition comprising an effective amount of an agent that alters the energy balance of the subject.