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US 8,761,903 · App. 11/681,237 · Granted Jun 24, 2014

Gastrointestinal electrical stimulation

Inventors: Jiande Chen (Houston, TX); Pankaj Jay Pasricha (Houston, TX)
Assignee: The Board of Regents of the University of Texas
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Patent No.
US 8,761,903
App. No.
11/681,237
Granted
Jun 24, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention is directed to a method of regulating gastrointestinal action in a subject using a stimulatory electrode and a sensor to provide retrograde feedback control of electrical stimulation to the GI tract.

Claims (4)

1. A method for treating gastric esophageal reflux disease (GERD) in a subject in need thereof, the method comprising:

modulating gastrointestinal pressure by applying gastroelectrical stimulation to the gastric cardiac area of the stomach through a first stimulatory electrode positioned in the gastric cardiac area of the stomach and a second stimulatory electrode positioned in the stomach at least 3 cm away from the first stimulatory electrode.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second stimulatory electrode is positioned at least about five centimeters from the first stimulatory electrode.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second stimulatory electrode is positioned at least about ten centimeters from the first stimulatory electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2014
From: CHEN, JIANDE; PASRICHA, PANKAJ JAY
To: THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
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Continuity (1)
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