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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2005
Applicants:
Tamir Ben David, Tel Aviv, IL;
Shai Ayal, Jerusalem, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Bio Control Medical (B.C.M.) Ltd., Yehud, IL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Apparatus is provided that includes an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to a vagus nerve of a subject, and a control unit, adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the vagus nerve a current that reduces heart rate variability of the subject. Also provided is a method comprising applying to a vagus nerve of a subject a current that reduces heart rate variability of the subject.