Intermittent electrical stimulation

US8224444B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Bio Control Medical (B.C.M.) Ltd. · IL

Inventors

• Tamir Ben-David · Nes Ziona, IL
• Omry Ben-Ezra · Jerusalem, IL
• Ehud Cohen · Kiryat Ono, IL
• Shai Ayal · Jerusalem, IL

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 2007
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 26, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/36114
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

Apparatus is provided including an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a site of a subject; and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode device to apply a current to the site intermittently during alternating “on” and “off” periods, each of the “on” periods having an “on” duration equal to between 1 and 10 seconds, and each of the “off” periods having an “off” duration equal to at least 50% of the “on” duration. Other embodiments are also described.