ELECTRICAL MUSCLE CONTROLLER

摘要

A method of modifying the force of contraction of at least a portion of a heart chamber, including providing a subject having a heart, comprising at least a portion having an activation, and applying a non-excitatory electric field having a given duration, at a delay after the activation, to the portion, which causes the force of contraction to be increased by a least 5%.

主权项

1. A method of programming a programmable controller for a heart, comprising:
selecting a plurality of different desired effects on the heart; applying a plurality of different non-excitatory electric field sequences to a heart; determining a response of the heart to each of the sequences; and programming the controller responsive to the response of the heart to the non-excitatory sequences and the desired effects.