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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2003
Applicants:
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Shai Ayal, Jerusalem, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bio Control Medical (B.C.M.) Ltd., Yehud, IL;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus for treating a condition of a subject is provided. An electrode device is adapted to be coupled to longitudinal nervous tissue of the subject, and a control unit is adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nervous tissue a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition. The control unit is further adapted to suppress action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction.