Patent ID: 8457745

Claim:
A method for treatment of dysfunctions of a pancreas, comprising the steps of: (I) generating an electromagnetic signal having a sequence of asymmetric biphasic waveforms, each waveform comprising: (a) a voltage positive part having a pulse width in a range of about 40 to about 60 milliseconds, and including a pointed positively directed segment along a top thereof; (b) a voltage negative part of the waveform sharply following the positive part in a spike-like manner in a negative direction, said positive part having an interface with said negative part and a voltage drop associated with said interface between said positive and negative parts comprising a range of about 75% to about 95% of a peak-to-peak voltage of the entirety of said waveform, said peak-to-peak voltage defining a range of about 10 to about 100 volts AC, in which: (i) a spike-like aspect at a beginning of said negative part exhibits a pulse width in a range of about 40 to about 60 milliseconds but approaches a neutral voltage level of said waveform in a gradual manner; and (ii) a second aspect of said negative part of the waveform more slowly approaching said neutral level over a period of about 100 to about 200 milliseconds, prior to the initiation of the positive part of the next waveform; and (c) a current of said waveform defining a value in a range of about 300 to about 1000 microamperes; and (II) selectively applying said waveform to vagus and celiac neural complexes of a sympathetic nervous system (SNS) for defined on-off periods of time to effect delivery of said sequence of waveforms through said neural complexes to ionic channels of membranes of cells within the pancreas.