Patents by Inventor Yaakov Ben Arie

Yaakov Ben Arie 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).

  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Patent number: 7512442
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2009
    Assignee: Metacure N.V.
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Publication number: 20060074459
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2005
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Patent number: 6993391
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross-sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2006
    Assignee: Metacure N.V.
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Publication number: 20040044376
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross-sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2003
    Publication date: March 4, 2004
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Patent number: 6600953
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross-sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 29, 2003
    Assignee: Impulse Dynamics N.V.
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim
  • Acute and chronic electrical signal therapy for obesity
    Publication number: 20020161414
    Abstract: Apparatus is provided for treating a condition such as obesity. The apparatus includes a set of one or more electrodes, which are adapted to be applied to one or more respective sites in a vicinity of a body of a stomach of a patient. A control unit is adapted to drive the electrode set to apply to the body of the stomach a signal, configured such that application thereof increases a level of contraction of muscle tissue of the body of the stomach, and decreases a cross-sectional area of a portion of the body of the stomach for a substantially continuous period greater than about 3 seconds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2000
    Publication date: October 31, 2002
    Inventors: Melina Flesler, Yuval Mika, Ziv Belsky, Yaakov Ben Arie, Nissim Darvish, Shlomo Ben-Haim