Smooth muscle controller

US7120497B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MetaCure Limited · BM

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: Oct 10, 2006
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/372
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

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.