Patent · US Expired

Electrical muscle controller using a non-excitatory electric field

US6330476A · kind A · utility

139Cited by

11References

32Claims

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Assignee

Impulse Dynamics NV · NL

Inventors

Shlomo Ben-Haim · Haifa, IL
Nissim Darvish · Haifa, IL
Maier Fenster · Netanya, IL
Mike Yuval · Haifa, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 28, 2000
Grant date	Dec 11, 2001
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 28, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/368
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

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 at least 5%.

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