Abstract: A device is presented for assisting an insufficient aortic valve. The device is configured as an auxiliary valve and comprises a resilient deformable sleeve-like valve, deformation of the sleeve-like valve shifting the valve between its closed and opened positions.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 21, 2008
Publication date:
April 23, 2009
Applicants:
Yeda Research & Development Ltd. The Weizmann Institute of Science, Mor Research Applications Ltd.
Inventors:
Boris Levin, Alexander Rejabek, Alexander Lerner, Sofia Levin
Abstract: The present invention includes a means of treating a patient having a keloid. Specifically, the invention includes a method for excising the keloid and administering a GBS toxin isolated from Group B &bgr;-hemolytic Streptococcus bacteria.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 7, 1998
Date of Patent:
May 27, 2003
Assignees:
Vanderbilt University, Yeda Research & Development Ltd.
Inventors:
Carl G. Hellerqvist, Michal Neeman, Barbara D. Wamil, Rinat Abramovitch