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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:
Aug. 12, 2008
Filed:
May. 04, 2001
Applicants:
Dov Malonek, Tivon, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Haifa, IL;
Judith Kornfeld, Haifa, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Impulse Dynamics (Israel) Ltd., Tirat Hacarmel, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention is a lead () for modifying the activity of a tissue, particularly the heart. Electrodes are provided for performing sensing () (), and/or signal delivery () () functions. A control unit controls the parameters of the electric field provided by signal delivery electrodes to prevent the generation of a propagation action potential in the tissue.