Surgery: light – thermal – and electrical application – Light – thermal – and electrical application – Electrical therapeutic systems
Reexamination Certificate
2006-10-10
2006-10-10
Schaetzle, Kennedy (Department: 3766)
Surgery: light, thermal, and electrical application
Light, thermal, and electrical application
Electrical therapeutic systems
C600S591000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07120497
ABSTRACT:
A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle, comprising selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion and applying a non-excitatory electrical field to the portion, which field reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.
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Ben-Haim Shlomo
Darvish Nissim
Felzen Bella
Fenster Maier
Mika Yuval
Dippert William H.
Metacure NV
Schaetzle Kennedy
Wolf Block Schorr & Solis-Cohen LLP
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