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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2002
Itzik Shemer, Haifa, IL;
Bella Felzen, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Moshav Tsrufa, IL;
Yuval Mika, Shmurat Zichron, IL;
Walid Haddad, Haifa, IL;
Richardo Aviv, Haifa, IL;
Yaakov Haham, Kiriat Ata, IL;
Itzik Shemer, Haifa, IL;
Bella Felzen, Haifa, IL;
Nissim Darvish, Moshav Tsrufa, IL;
Yuval Mika, Shmurat Zichron, IL;
Walid Haddad, Haifa, IL;
Richardo Aviv, Haifa, IL;
Yaakov Haham, Kiriat Ata, IL;
Impulse Dynamics, N.V., Curacao, AN;
Abstract
According to a method and device for modulating intracellular calcium concentration in biological tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to the tissue, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe. In one embodiment concerning cardiac tissue, a stimulation probe is applied to a patient's heart, a signal is received from at least one sensor responsive to the patient's cardiac muscle activity, a non-excitatory stimulation pulse responsive to the signal is generated, and the pulse is conveyed to the stimulation probe.