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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 23, 2018
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2016
Applicant:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Inventors:
Robert Butera, Decatur, GA (US);
Yogi Anil Patel, Atlanta, GA (US);
Assignee:
Georgia Tech Research Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/3606 (2013.01); A61N 1/36053 (2013.01); A61N 1/36139 (2013.01); A61N 1/36171 (2013.01); A61N 1/0551 (2013.01); A61N 1/36085 (2013.01); A61N 1/36157 (2013.01);
Abstract
An example method for causing a perturbation of blood glucose level in a subject is described herein. The method can include selectively inhibiting neural activity of at least one of a hepatic branch of the subject's vagus nerve or the subject's greater splanchnic nerve using electrical stimulation having a frequency greater than about 5 kHz. The selective inhibition of neural activity causes the subject's blood glucose level to increase or decrease as compared to a baseline level.