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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. 10, 2005
Filed:
Sep. 24, 2002
Applicants:
Shai Ayal, Jerusalem, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Ron Darby, Raanana, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Biocontrol Medical Ltd., Yehud, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N001/18 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for treating spasticity of a subject is provided, including driving a current into a nerve of the subject that includes one or more sensory fibers, and configuring the current so as to inhibit propagation of action potentials in one or more of the sensory fibers, so as to treat the spasticity. In a preferred embodiment, the sensory fibers include one or more Ia sensory fibers, and configuring the current includes configuring the current so as to inhibit propagation of the action potentials in at least one of the Ia sensory fibers.
Published as:
US2003100933A1; WO2004028624A2; AU2003264847A1; WO2004028624A3; US6892098B2; US2005102007A1; EP1549389A2; US7324853B2;