Patents Assigned to Stephen T. Pyles
  • Method of using spinal cord stimulation to treat gastrointestinal and/or eating disorders or conditions
    Patent number: 8073543
    Abstract: The present invention involves a method and a system for using electrical stimulation to treat gastrointestinal and/or eating disorders. More particularly, the method comprises surgically implanting an electrical stimulation lead that is in communication with predetermined thoracic vertebral segments to cause spinal nervous tissue stimulation, thus treating a wide variety of gastrointestinal disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Stephen T. Pyles
    Inventor: Stephen T. Pyles