Patent Document ID: 9403001
Application ID: 13731035
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A method of treating or preventing at least one of gastroparesis or functional dyspepsia in a patient, the method comprising: positioning a device adjacent to a skin surface of the patient, wherein the device comprises a housing which houses one or more electrodes, an electrically conductive fluid, and an electrical impulse generator; contacting an electrically conductive, non-porous interface coupled to the housing with the skin surface; generating, via the electrical impulse generator, one or more shaped electrical impulses at the one or more electrodes within said device; and transmitting the one or more shaped electrical impulses from the one or more electrodes through the electrically conductive fluid within the device and then through the electrically conductive, non-porous interface to selected nerve fibers in the patient, wherein the one or more shaped electrical impulses is sufficient to modify at least one of gastroparesis or functional dyspepsia within the patient.