Patent · US Expired

Smooth muscle controller

US6947792B2 · kind B2 · utility

168Cited by

36References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Impulse Dynamics NV · NL

Inventors

Shlomo Ben-Haim · Haifa, IL
Nissim Darvish · Haifa, IL
Yuval Mika · Closter, US
Maier Fenster · Netanya, IL
Bella Felzen · Haifa, IL
Isaac Shemer · Ramat Gan, IL

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 29, 2002
Grant date	Sep 20, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 4, 2023

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61N1/372
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle, comprising selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion and applying a non-excitatory electrical field to the portion, which field reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.

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