Mark B. Knudson,Richard R. Wilson,Katherine S. Tweden,Timothy R. Conrad
申请号：
US14019126
公开号：
US20140172052A1
申请日:
2013.09.05
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
At least one of a plurality of gastrointestinal disorders is treated by stimulating an enteric nervous system of a patient to enhance a functional tone of the enteric nervous system. A treatment includes electrically stimulating a vagus nerve of the patient at a stimulation site proximal to at least one site of vagal innervation of a gastrointestinal organ. The electrical stimulation includes applying a stimulation signal at the stimulation site. An optional proximal electrical blocking signal is applied to the vagus nerve at a proximal blocking site proximal to the stimulation site. The proximal blocking signal is selected to at least partially block nerve impulses at the proximal blocking site.
