Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical muscle controller
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Application No.: US11932064Application Date: 2007-10-31
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Publication No.: US08306617B2Publication Date: 2012-11-06
- Inventor: Shiomo Ben-Haim , Nissim Darvish , Maier Fenster , Mike Yuval
- Applicant: Shiomo Ben-Haim , Nissim Darvish , Maier Fenster , Mike Yuval
- Applicant Address: AN Curacao
- Assignee: Impulse Dynamics N.V.
- Current Assignee: Impulse Dynamics N.V.
- Current Assignee Address: AN Curacao
- Agency: Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
- Agent William H. Dippert
- Priority: IL116699 19960108; IL119261 19960917
- Main IPC: A61N1/00
- IPC: A61N1/00
Abstract:
A method of modifying the force of contraction of at least a portion of a heart chamber, including providing a subject having a heart, comprising at least a portion having an activation, and applying a non-excitatory electric field having a given duration, at a delay after the activation, to the portion, which causes the force of contraction to be increased by a least 5%.
Public/Granted literature
- US20080058879A1 Electrical Muscle Controller Public/Granted day:2008-03-06
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