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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2013
Applicant:
Chordate Medical Ab, Kista, SE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
CHORDATE MEDICAL AB, Kista, SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/04 (2006.01); A61H 21/00 (2006.01); A61H 23/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61H 23/04 (2013.01); A61H 21/00 (2013.01); A61H 23/02 (2013.01); A61H 2201/0103 (2013.01); A61H 2205/023 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for treatment by vibration stimulation of body tissue in a body cavity of a human subject includes providing a stimulation member comprising a dielectric polymer; introducing the stimulation member into a body cavity; expanding the stimulation member to a state such that it abuts the body tissue within the body cavity, and applying a time varying potential to said dielectric polymer to impart vibrations to body tissue in the body cavity.