发明名称 |
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%. |
申请公布号 |
US8958872(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2015.02.17 |
申请号 |
US201414181900 |
申请日期 |
2014.02.17 |
申请人 |
Impulse Dynamics, N.V. |
发明人 |
Ben-Haim Shlomo;Darvish Nissim;Fenster Maier;Mika Yuval |
分类号 |
A61N1/00;A61N1/362;A61N1/14 |
主分类号 |
A61N1/00 |
代理机构 |
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC |
代理人 |
Dippert William H.;Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellot, LLC |
主权项 |
1. A method of treating a heart of a patient using electrical therapy, comprising:
(a) setting a target of a change in at least one physiological parameter of the heart; (b) applying electrical therapy to the heart for a period of time of at least a day, said therapy selected to at least approach said target; (c) detecting or assuming a change in said at least one physiological parameter over time due to said applying, wherein said change represents a change in physiology of said heart; and (d) modifying said applying in response to said detected or assumed change. |
地址 |
Curacao NL |