Patents by Inventor Shlomo Ben-Haim

Shlomo Ben-Haim 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).

  • PROTEIN ACTIVITY MODIFICATION
    Publication number: 20160370384
    Abstract: A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising: determining a desired modification of tissue behavior for at least one of treatment of a disease, short or long term modification of tissue behavior, assessing tissue state and assessing tissue response to stimulation; selecting an electric field having an expected effect of modifying protein activity of at least one protein as an immediate response of a tissue to the field, said expected effect correlated with said desired modification; and applying said field to said tissue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Inventors: Benny ROUSSO, Yuval MIKA, Shlomo BEN-HAIM, Hani N. SABBAH
  • DETECTION OF SCAR AND FIBROUS CARDIAC ZONES
    Publication number: 20160331337
    Abstract: A method of tissue recognition of tissue type in a heart or other tissue, comprising: (i) injecting a patient with a radioactive tracer; (ii) collecting radiation emitted from cardiac tissue (iii) associating said collected radiation with a wall of the heart; and (iv) analyzing said associated radiation to recognize fibrous tissue in the heart wall. Optionally, the resolution of the association is better than 5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM
  • Gating with anatomically varying durations
    Patent number: 9470801
    Abstract: A method for reconstructing a radioactive emission image of an overall volume having first and second volumetric regions, each volumetric region having respectively independent dynamic characteristics. The method comprises the following steps: a) obtaining radioactive emissions from the overall volume, including the volumetric regions, b) reconstructing an initial radioactive emission image of the volumetric region according to the radioactive emissions, c) segmenting the initial radioactive emission image to delineate the first and second volumetric regions, and d) separately reconstructing the first and the second volumetric regions according to the respectively independent dynamic characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: Spectrum Dynamics LLC
    Inventors: Omer Ziv, Ran Ravhon, Eli Dichterman, Leonid Gluhovsky, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Benny Rousso
  • Protein activity modification
    Patent number: 9440080
    Abstract: A method of modifying tissue behavior, comprising: determining a desired modification of tissue behavior for at least one of treatment of a disease, short or long term modification of tissue behavior, assessing tissue state and assessing tissue response to stimulation; selecting an electric field having an expected effect of modifying protein activity of at least one protein as an immediate response of a tissue to the field, said expected effect correlated with said desired modification; and applying said field to said tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics NV
    Inventors: Benny Rousso, Yuval Mika, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Hani N. Sabbah
  • IMPLANTABLE LEAD CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160235964
    Abstract: An implantable lead connector configured for long term implantation and to electrically interconnect multiple medical devices and to channel electrical signals between said interconnected devices and a target organ, comprising: a first port adapted to receive a first signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, a second port adapted to receive a second signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, and a third port configured to connect to a target organ, wherein at least one of said first and second ports is configured to connect to a signal generator not integrated with said connector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Impulse Dynamics NV
    Inventors: Benny ROUSSO, Yuval MIKA, Shlomo BEN-HAIM, Daniel BURKHOFF, David PRUTCHI
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF PATTERNS OF NERVOUS SYSTEM ACTIVITY AFFECTING DISEASE
    Publication number: 20160220835
    Abstract: A method for diagnosing and/or treating a medical condition, comprising modeling an activity of the autonomic nervous system, and treating the medical condition by guiding a therapeutic agent according to the model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM
  • DETECTION OF REDUCED-CONTROL CARDIAC ZONES
    Publication number: 20160217571
    Abstract: A method of treating cardiac arrhythmia in a heart, including (i) determining that cardiac tissue is viable but with reduced innervation; and (ii) ablating the tissue to reduce a prevalence of arrhythmia in said heart. Optionally, the determining comprises detecting portions of heart wall which lack electrical activity. Optionally, at least some tissue which is viable but lacks nervous control is ablated, for example, to reduce or avoid arrhythmia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Applicant: Tylerton International Inc.
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM
  • Radioactive-emission-measurement optimization to specific body structures
    Patent number: 9370333
    Abstract: A method for predefining a set of radioactive-emission measurement views, for radioactive-emission imaging after an administration of a radiopharmaceutical, the method being tailored to a specific body structure and optimized with respect to the information gained about the body structure and based on modeling body-structure, based on its geometry and anatomical constraints, which limit accessibility to the body structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: Biosensors International Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Michael Nagler, Eli Dichterman, Yoel Zilberstein, Ran Ravhon, Omer Ziv, Benny Rousso, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • ELECTRICAL MUSCLE CONTROLLER
    Publication number: 20160136418
    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: November 16, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: Shlomo BEN-HAIM, Nissim DARVISH, Maier FENSTER, Yuval MIKA
  • System, apparatus, and method for utilizing a reading of a machine readable element associated with a consumable product
    Patent number: 9342826
    Abstract: A method for utilizing a reading of a machine readable element associated with a consumable product, may include storing, by a computer, in a memory in communication with the computer, a record of apparatus identification information associated with an apparatus having a reader for reading the machine readable element. The method may also include obtaining usage information based on a reading of the machine readable element by the reader, wherein the usage information comprises identity information indicative of an identity of a supplier of the consumable product and applying, by the computer, a debit to the supplier of the consumable product based on the usage information and the apparatus identification information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: GOJI LIMITED
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Keith Pascal
  • Charger with data transfer capabilities
    Patent number: 9339190
    Abstract: Gastric apparatus (18) is provided, including one or more sensors (70, 72, 74), adapted to generate respective sensor signals responsively to a gastrointestinal (GI) tract physiological parameter of a GI tract of a subject, and an implantable control unit (90), comprising a rechargeable battery and a first set of one or more transducers. The implantable control unit (90) is adapted to receive the sensor signals, using one or more of the transducers of the first set, and transmit data responsively to the sensor signals, using one or more of the transducers of the first set. An external control unit (200), including a power source and a second set of one or more transducers, is adapted to drive the power source to inductively transfer energy via one or more transducers of the second set, so as to recharge the battery, and receive the transmitted data, using one or more transducers of the second set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2016
    Assignee: METACURE LIMITED
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Shai Policker, David Prutchi, Benny Rousso, Jason Sholder
  • Implantable lead connector
    Patent number: 9320886
    Abstract: An implantable lead connector configured for long term implantation and to electrically interconnect multiple medical devices and to channel electrical signals between said interconnected devices and a target organ, comprising: a first port adapted to receive a first signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, a second port adapted to receive a second signal suitable to stimulate a target tissue, and a third port configured to connect to a target organ, wherein at least one of said first and second ports is configured to connect to a signal generator not integrated with said connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics NV
    Inventors: Benny Rousso, Yuval Mika, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Daniel Burkhoff, David Prutchi
  • System and method for radioactive emission measurement
    Patent number: 9316743
    Abstract: Radioimaging methods, devices and radiopharmaceuticals therefor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Biosensors International Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Benny Rousso, Shlomo Ben-Haim, Ran Ravhon, Yoel Zilberstein, Simona Ben-Haim, Nathaniel Roth
  • Electrical muscle controller
    Patent number: 9289618
    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 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2016
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics NV
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Fenster Maier, Yuval Mika
  • Method, a system, and an apparatus for using and processing multidimensional data
    Patent number: 9275451
    Abstract: A method for analyzing a functional map of at least one tissue of a patient. The method comprises managing a plurality of functional maps each being associated with a plurality of first biological activity indications, receiving a functional map which is associated with a plurality of second biological activity indications, identifying a matching set of the managed functional maps by matching between the plurality of first and second biological activity indications, and using the matching set for a member of a group consisting of: an image data acquisition, a diagnosis of the received functional map, a classification of the received functional map.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Biosensors International Group, Ltd.
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Benny Rousso
  • Methods and devices for modifying vascular parameters
    Patent number: 9265930
    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.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: MetaCure Limited
    Inventors: Shlomo Ben-Haim, Nissim Darvish, Yuval Mika, Maier Fenster
  • MODELING THE AUTONOMOUS NERVOUS SYSTEM AND USES THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160027342
    Abstract: Generating, populating and/or using a model of a portion of the ANS, possibly in conjunction with a model of organ response thereto. Optionally, the model is provided with a treatment plan which indicates one or more locations in the ANS to treat. In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, the model is analyzed to determine a cause and/or possible solution or improvement of a condition, for example a chronic condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM
  • Satiety
    Patent number: 9233075
    Abstract: A capsule for suppressing appetite, comprising: a) a shell which dissolves in the stomach; and b) a plurality of elements inside the shell, which elements expand inside the stomach, after the shell dissolves, to form a connected mass with an envelope volume greater than the total volume of the elements, and at least 3 times the volume of the capsule.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: MetaCure Limited
    Inventors: Benny Rousso, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • NEURONAL IMAGING AND TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20150366523
    Abstract: A method is disclosed herein for imaging at least one autonomic nervous system synaptic center in a subject, as well as a method of diagnosing and/or monitoring a medical condition or disease associated with an autonomic nervous system, and a method of guiding a therapy of such a medical condition or disease. The methods comprise administering to the subject a radioactive tracer which selectively binds to autonomic nervous system synapses; measuring radioactive emission of the tracer to obtain data describing a distribution of the tracer in the body; and analyzing the data in order to identify at least one region exhibiting a high concentration of the tracer. Further disclosed herein are radioactive tracers, uses thereof, and an apparatus, for use in a method disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM
  • BODY STRUCTURE IMAGING
    Publication number: 20150359430
    Abstract: A method of medical image processing for images of body structures, comprising: receiving anatomical data to reconstruct an anatomical image of a region of a body of a patient, said region comprises a portion of at least one internal body part which borders or is spaced apart from a target tissue; receiving functional data from a functional imaging modality which images at least said portion of the region of the body of the patient; processing said anatomical image to generate at least one image mask corresponding to the zone outside of the wall of said at least one internal body part; correlating the at least one generated image mask with the functional data for guiding a reconstruction of a functional image depicting said target tissue; and providing the reconstructed functional image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Shlomo BEN-HAIM