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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
May. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Avi Penner, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eilezer Gileadi, Herzliya Pituach, IL;
Inventors:
Avi Penner, Tel Aviv, IL;
Eilezer Gileadi, Herzliya Pituach, IL;
Assignee:
Remon Medical Technologies Ltd., Arlington, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method are provided for spontaneous electrochemical production of therapeutic species, in vivo. An active metal is implanted in the tissue. The metal undergoes corrosion, thus acting as a reducing agent to constituents in the tissue, so as to cause these constituents to form the therapeutic agents.