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US 2007/0185540 A1Published application
Smooth Muscle Controller
AssigneeMetacure Limited
InventorsShlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Yuval Mika, Maier Fenster, Bella Felzen, Isaac Shemer
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Abstract
A method of promoting the healing of a lesion in a smooth muscle (200), comprises selecting a smooth muscle portion having a lesion, and applying a non-excitory electric field (210) to the portion, which reduces the mechanical activity of the portion.
Claims20
Apparatus comprising:
- at least one electrode adapted to be placed adjacent a portion of smooth muscle or a gland;
- and
- a controller for electrifying said electrode with a non-excitatory electric field which does not generate excitation of said smooth muscle or gland,
- wherein said non-excitatory electric field affects the activity of said smooth muscle or gland in a manner that controls a level of a chemical in the blood stream.
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A method for controlling the level of a chemical in the blood of a patient, comprising:
- placing at least one electrode adjacent a portion of smooth muscle or a gland of said patient;
- and
- electrifying said electrode with a non-excitatory electric field which does not generate excitation of said smooth muscle or gland,
- wherein said non-excitatory electric field affects the activity of said smooth muscle or gland in thereby controlling the level of said chemical in the patient's blood stream.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.