Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2007-12-18
2007-12-18
Layno, Carl (Department: 3766)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
active
10800169
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus (30) for modifying contractility of the heart of a patient. The method includes receiving signals from a sensor (22, 23, 46) coupled to the body of the patient indicative of physiological activity. The signals are analyzed to derive a measure of the physiological activity, and excitable tissue control (ETC) stimulation is applied to the heart (20) so as to enhance contractility of the heart muscle responsive to the measure.
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Ben-Haim Shlomo
Darvish Nissim
Shemer Itzhak
Snir Yehuda
Dippert William H.
Impulse Dynamics N.V.
Layno Carl
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP
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