Patents by Inventor Nitza Gal-On Shoham

Nitza Gal-On Shoham 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).

  • Nitric oxide synthase-affecting parasympathetic stimulation
    Publication number: 20080119898
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition of a subject, including an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to an autonomic nerve of the subject, and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nerve a stimulating current, which is capable of inducing action potentials in a therapeutic direction in a first set and a second set of nerve fibers of the nerve, and to drive the electrode device to apply to the nerve an inhibiting current, which is capable of inhibiting the induced action potentials traveling in the therapeutic direction in the second set of nerve fibers, the nerve fibers in the second set having generally larger diameters than the nerve fibers in the first set. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Publication date: May 22, 2008
    Inventors: Tamir Ben-David, Nitza Gal-on Shoham, Ehud Cohen, Rami Biran, Omry Ben-Ezra
  • Selective nerve fiber stimulation
    Publication number: 20060100668
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition of a subject, including an electrode device, adapted to be coupled to an autonomic nerve of the subject, and a control unit. The control unit is adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nerve a stimulating current, which is capable of inducing action potentials in a therapeutic direction in a first set and a second set of nerve fibers of the nerve, and to drive the electrode device to apply to the nerve an inhibiting current, which is capable of inhibiting the induced action potentials traveling in the therapeutic direction in the second set of nerve fibers, the nerve fibers in the second set having generally larger diameters than the nerve fibers in the first set. Other embodiments are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2005
    Publication date: May 11, 2006
    Applicant: BIOCONTROL MEDICAL LTD.
    Inventors: Tamir Ben-David, Shai Ayal, Ehud Cohen, Nitza Gal-On Shoham, Avraham Biran, Omry Ben-Ezra, Ron Dabby, Yossi Gross