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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2000
Applicants:
Nissim Darvish, Hof-Hacarmel, IL;
Tami Harel, Haifa, IL;
Bella Felsen, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Metacure N.V., , AN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A pancreatic controller (), comprising: a glucose sensor (), for sensing a level of glucose or insulin in a body serum; at least one electrode (), for electrifying an insulin producing cell or group of cells; a power source () for electrifying said electrode with a pulse that does not initiate an action potential in said cell and has an effect of increasing insulin secretion; and a controller () which receives the sensed level and controls said power source to electrify said electrode to have a desired effect on said level.