Patents by Inventor Mika Yuval

Mika Yuval has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 8301247
    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%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics, N.V.
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 8260416
    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%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics, N.V.
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Electrical Muscle Controller
    Publication number: 20080065164
    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%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: March 13, 2008
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 7167748
    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%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics NV
    Inventors: Shiomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 7062318
    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 at least 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2006
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics (Israel) LTD
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 6363279
    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 at least 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2002
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics N.V.
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval
  • Controlling heart performance using a non-excitatory electric field
    Patent number: 6317631
    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 at least 5%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2001
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics N.V.
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Maier Fenster, Mika Yuval