Patents by Inventor Shai Aval

Shai Aval 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).

  • Inhibition of sympathetic nerves
    Publication number: 20080147137
    Abstract: Apparatus (18) for treating a condition of a subject is provided. An electrode device (100) is adapted to be coupled to longitudinal nervous tissue (40) of the subject, and a control unit (50) is adapted to drive the electrode device to apply to the nervous tissue a current which is capable of inducing action potentials that propagate in the nervous tissue in a first direction, so as to treat the condition. The control unit is further adapted to suppress action potentials from propagating in the nervous tissue in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ehud Cohen, Yossi Gross, Shai Aval