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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 11, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2010
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Amir Dagan, Kibbutz Megiddo, IL;
Yotam Reisner, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Offer Glasberg, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Nitai Hanani, Haifa, IL;
Gal Ariav, Givant Ada, IL;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Amir Dagan, Kibbutz Megiddo, IL;
Yotam Reisner, Kiryat Tivon, IL;
Offer Glasberg, Zichron Ya'akov, IL;
Nitai Hanani, Haifa, IL;
Gal Ariav, Givant Ada, IL;
Rainbow Medical Ltd., Herzliya, IL;
Abstract
Apparatus and methods are provided for use with a heart of a subject, including a set of one or more electrodes. A control unit paces the heart by driving a first electric current via the electrode set into tissue of the subject, in accordance with a first set of parameters. The control unit stimulates nitric oxide production by a portion of the heart by driving a second electric current via the electrode set into the portion of the heart, in accordance with a second set of parameters. Other embodiments are also described.