Smooth muscle controller for controlling the level of a chemical in the blood stream

US8219201B2 · 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: Apr 17, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 10, 2012
• Expiry date: Jun 22, 2029

Classification

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

Abstract

An apparatus that comprises at least one electrode adapted to be placed adjacent to a portion of smooth muscle (200) and a controller for electrifying the electrode with a non-excitatory electric field (210) which does not generate excitation of the smooth muscle. The non-excitatory electric field affects the activity of the smooth muscle in a manner that controls a level of a chemical in the blood stream.