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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shlomo Ben-Haim, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Yuval Mika, Haifa, IL;
Maier Fenster, Petach Tikva, IL;
Bella Felzen, Haifa, IL;
Isaac Shemer, Ramat-Gan, IL;
Assignee:
Impulse Dynamics N.V., Curacao, AN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 ;
Abstract
The invention comprises methods of increasing contractile force and/or the motility of a GI tract. A first method comprises selecting a portion of the GI tract and applying a non-excitatory electric field to the portion, which field increases the force of contraction at the portion. A second method comprises determining a timing of a returning wave in the GI tract and applying an electric field to at least a portion of the GI tract, which electric field reduces the response of the GI tract to the returning wave.
Published as:
ZA976341B; CA2296632A1; WO9903533A1; AU3458197A; EP0996482A1; KR20010021797A; JP2001513338A; US2003055465A1; US2003055466A1; US2003055467A1; US6571127B1; EP0996482A4; US6947792B2; US7120497B2; EP0996482B1; ATE353689T1; DE69737367D1; EP1779890A2; US7221978B2; EP1779890A3; US2007185540A1; ES2283020T3; DE69737367T2; US2008051849A1; US2008058889A1; US2008058891A1; JP4102545B2; EP1779890B1; ATE426430T1; DE69739334D1; EP1779890B8; US7765008B2; US7966071B2; US8219201B2; US8805507B2; US2014330333A1; US9265930B2;