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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Takva, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Inventors:
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Takva, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Assignee:
Biocontrol Medical LTD, Yehud, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for actuating a skeletal muscle of a patient is provided. The apparatus typically includes a plurality of electrodes, which are adapted to be placed in a vicinity of a motor nerve that innervates the skeletal muscle. A control unit, is preferably adapted to drive a current between two or more of the plurality of electrodes, and to configure the current such that a first subset of axons in the nerve is excited by the current and such that a second subset of axons in the nerve is not excited by the current.