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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:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2007
Applicants:
Amir J. Tehrani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rose Province, San Jose, CA (US);
David Ligon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chang Lee, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amy Michelle Goodman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Amir J. Tehrani, Los Altos, CA (US);
Rose Province, San Jose, CA (US);
David Ligon, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chang Lee, Redwood City, CA (US);
Amy Michelle Goodman, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
RMX, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method is provided for biasing lung volume by electrically stimulating tissue associated with the diaphragm or phrenic nerve at a low level.