Metacure Limited

Impulse Dynamics Nv

Matacure N.v.

Walid Haddad

Benny Rousso

Yuval Mika

Shlomo Ben-Haim

Irit Yaniv

Harold Lebovitz

Shai Policker

Hani Naief Sabbah

Paul Goode

Paul V Goode, Jr

David Prutchi

Nissim Darvish

Bella Felzen

Offer Glasberg

Tami Harel

Ricardo Aviv

Ophir Bitton

Itzik Shemer

Lena Milman

Richardo Aviv

Yaakov Haham

Keren Afek

There is provided in accordance with an exemplary embodiment of the invention a method of treating diabetic patients comprising measuring a triglyceride level in a diabetic patient and applying a diabetes treatment according to the triglyceride level. Optionally, there is provided a method of screening. Alternatively or additionally, there is provided a method of weight loss. Alternatively or additionally, there is provided a method of relatively reducing HOMA-IR levels. Alternatively or additionally, there is provided a method of relatively reducing blood pressure. An exemplary device to apply the treatment is described.

Method of treating a patient

Apparatus () for treating a human patient, which includes one or more electrode contact surfaces (), which are configured to be applied to a fundus () of the patient. A control unit () is configured to drive the one or more electrode contact surfaces () to apply an electrical signal to the fundus () that chronically improves a blood glucose level of the patient, in order to treat the patient, without calculating an impedance of tissue of the fundus () based on a sensed parameter that varies in response to the electrical signal, for detecting eating by the patient or a characteristic of food eaten by the patient. Other embodiments are also described.

Gastrointestinal electrical therapy

According to a method and device for modulating intracellular calcium concentration in biological tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to the tissue, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe. In one embodiment concerning cardiac tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to a patient's heart, a signal is received from at least one sensor responsive to the patient's cardiac muscle activity, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse responsive to the signal is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe.

Modulation of intracellular calcium concentration using non-excitatory electrical signals applied to the tissue

A method is provided for identifying a patient as being suitable for implantation of a weight-loss assist device. The method includes identifying the patient as being generally suitable for the implantation and subsequently, measuring a value associated with the patient. Responsively to determining that the value is beyond a threshold associated therewith, the weight-loss assist device is implanted.

Patient selection method for assisting weight loss

Method and apparatus for modifying gene expression in cardiac muscle cells, by the application of electric fields. In some embodiments, the modification provides treatment of heart failure. Optionally, the treatment also provides an immediate improvement in cardiac function.

Apparatus and method for delivering electrical signals to modify gene expression in cardiac tissue

A method is provided, including physically contacting a gastric implantation site of a stomach via a transluminal approach, physically contacting the site via a transabdominal approach, stabilizing the site, and implanting an electrode at the site based on the physical contact provided by the transluminal and transabdominal approach. Other embodiments are also described.

GI lead implantation

Method and apparatus () for modifying gene expression in cardiac muscle cells (), by the application of electric fields.

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Haifa, Israel

Walid Haddad