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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
May. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shlomo Ben-Haim, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Yuval Mika, S. Zichron Yaakov, IL;
Benny Rousso, Bat Yam, IL;
Bella Felzen, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Impulse Dynamics N. V., Curacao, AN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling a segment of excitable tissue, typically tissue of a heart, the segment having an intrinsic activity level. During a high phase, electrical energy of a given amplitude is applied to the segment. During a low phase, the amplitude of the electrical energy applied to the segment is reduced relative to that applied during the high phase, so that the segment's activity level increases during the low phase above the intrinsic activity level.