Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2007-01-23
2007-01-23
Layno, Carl (Department: 3766)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
C607S017000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10866213
ABSTRACT:
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%.
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Ben-Haim Shiomo
Darvish Nissim
Fenster Maier
Yuval Mika
Dippert William H.
Impulse Dynamics NV
Layno Carl
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP
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