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Method of controlling blood pressure

US7765008B2 · kind B2 · utility

51Cited by

2References

21Claims

0Family size

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 31, 2007
Grant date	Jul 27, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 28, 2028

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 (200), comprises selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion, and applying a non-excitory electric field (210) to the portion, which reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.

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