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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2008
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2004
Applicants:
Mark Gelfand, New York, NY (US);
Howard R. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Inventors:
Mark Gelfand, New York, NY (US);
Howard R. Levin, Teaneck, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Lifestim, Inc., Mt. Olive, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/18 (2006.01); A61N 1/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and apparatus for treatment of hypertension with electrostimulation of peripheral nerves. Treatment is performed by periodically stimulating a nerve such as a median nerve. Apparatus for stimulation is permanently implanted in the body. The nerve is stimulated by electric current applied to electrodes that are placed near the target nerve or the muscle innervated by the target nerve.