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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 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 1/32 ; A61N 1/36 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/32 ; A61N 1/36 ;
Abstract
A method and apparatus for controlling activity of a heart of a living person during a medical procedure. Electrical signals are applied to the heart so as to induce a spontaneously-reversible cardioplegia thereof. The signals are preferably such that terminating application of the signals does not induce fibrillation. Most preferably, the signals have an amplitude that is below a level that would induce fibrillation upon termination thereof.