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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2006
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2001
Applicants:
Shlomo Ben-haim, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Maier Fenster, Petach Tikva, IL;
Mika Yuval, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Shlomo Ben-Haim, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Maier Fenster, Petach Tikva, IL;
Mika Yuval, Haifa, IL;
Assignee:
Impulse Dynamics (Israel) LTD, Curacao, AN;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of modifying the force of contraction of at least a portion of a heart chamber, including providing a subject having a heart, comprising at least a portion having an activation, and applying a non-excitatory electric field having a given duration, at a delay after the activation, to the portion, which causes the force of contraction to be increased by at least 5%.