Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Patent
1998-09-24
2000-07-04
Schaetzle, Kennedy
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
A61N 136
Patent
active
060832495
ABSTRACT:
Method and apparatus for providing on-demand stimulation of the gastrointestinal tract. The apparatus features an implantable pulse generator which may be coupled to the gastric system through one or more medical electrical leads. In the preferred embodiment the leads couple to the circular layer of the stomach. The pulse generator preferably features sensor for sensing abnormalities in gastric electrical activity. The pulse generator further features means for recognizing the type of gastric abnormality sensed. That is means for detecting whether gastric arrhythmia, bradygastria, dysrhythmia, tachygastria or retrograde propagation or uncoupling are present. If any of these gastric rhythm abnormalities are detected, then the pulse generator features means for emitting stimulation pulse trains to the gastric system to treat the detected gastric rhythm abnormalities. The stimulation pulse trains may take many forms and may be emitted for various periods of time.
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Jaro Michael J.
Medtronic Inc.
Patton Harold
Schaetzle Kennedy
Woods Thomas F.
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