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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 21, 2006
Michael R Rosen, New York, NY (US);
Peter R. Brink, Setauket, NY (US);
Ira S. Cohen, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Richard B Robinson, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Peter Danilo, Jr., Hopewell, NJ (US);
Michael R Rosen, New York, NY (US);
Peter R. Brink, Setauket, NY (US);
Ira S. Cohen, Stony Brook, NY (US);
Richard B Robinson, Cresskill, NJ (US);
Peter Danilo, Jr., Hopewell, NJ (US);
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
The Research Foundation of State University of New York, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
This invention provides a bypass bridge comprising a tract of gap junction-coupled cells having a first end and a second end, both ends capable of being attached to two selected sites in a heart so as to allow the conduction of a pacemaker and/or electrical signal/current across the tract between the two sites, wherein the cells functionally express a sodium channel. The invention also provides related methods of making the bypass bridge, methods of implanting same in a heart, and methods of treating a disorder associated with an impaired conduction in a subject's heart.