Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090093836 | Methods for reducing hydrostatic organ pressure - A method for stretching at least a portion of an organ to decrease interstitial hydrostatic pressure and improve at least one organ function. The method comprises providing at least one elastically compressible anchor, compressing the at least one anchor, anchoring the at least one anchor to a portion of an organ from the group of organs consisting of: a kidney, a liver, a bladder, and a stomach. The method further comprises releasing the compressing, thereby stretching the portion and decreasing interstitial hydrostatic pressure. | 04-09-2009 |
20090257990 | Nucleic acid constructs and cells, and methods utilizing same for modifying the electrophysiological function of excitable tissues - Polynucleotide expression constructs, populations of cells and methods of treating diseases caused by dysfunction in, or damage to, excitable tissues are provided. | 10-15-2009 |
20100015105 | METHOD OF TREATING SCHIZOPHRENIA - A method of treating schizophrenia in a subject in need thereof is provided. The method comprising, administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of cells expressing at least one exogenous polypeptide forming a connexin channel and/or a hyperpolarizing ion channel, thereby treating the schizophrenia in the subject. | 01-21-2010 |
20100022821 | Method and system for improving diastolic function of the heart - The present invention provides a system for improving diastolic function of the heart comprising elastic elements and attachment elements, wherein said elastic elements and said attachment elements are configured such that they are capable of being interconnected to form a chain formed of an alternating series of said elastic elements and said attachment elements, and wherein said attachment elements are adapted to be anchored in the wall of the heart and with option for drug delivery to the wall of the heart. The invention further provides devices, methods and kits, for mounting the ventricular function assisting device of the invention. | 01-28-2010 |
20100297083 | Polynucleotides and Polypeptide of Human KV1.3, Compositions Comprising Same and Methods of Using Same - An isolated polypeptide comprising, contiguously, a first amino acid sequence being at least 90% homologous to amino acid coordinates 1-398 of SEQ ID NO: 2, a tryptophan residue and a second amino acid sequence being at least 90% homologous to amino acid coordinates 400-523 of SEQ ID NO: 2. Also provided are polynucleotide sequences encoding this polypeptide and uses of same in the treatment of medical conditions associated with ion channel insufficiency. | 11-25-2010 |
20110313436 | IN VIVO DEVICE FOR IMPROVING DIASTOLIC VENTRICULAR FUNCTION - The present invention provides an in vivo device for improving diastolic function of the heart, comprising: at least one elastic component that may be operatively connected to the external surface of the left or right ventricle of the heart by means of connecting elements, wherein said elastic component comprises essentially longitudinal members arranged such that the lateral separation therebetween may be increased or decreased in response to elastic deformation of said elastic component, and wherein said essentially longitudinal members are arranged such that said elastic component is curved in both the vertical and horizontal planes, such that its inner surface may be adapted to the curvature of the external ventricular surface of the heart, such that said elastic component is capable of exerting both radially outward expansive and tangentially-directed forces on the external surface of the cardiac ventricle. | 12-22-2011 |
20120010645 | METHODS AND DEVICES FOR URETHRAL TREATMENT - A dilation device for an intrabody lumen, for example, a urethra partially occluded by an enlarged prostate in the form of a curved element configured to be implanted around the lumen and add resilience to the lumen, and a method for dilating such a lumen by implanting a dilation device around the outside of the lumen with at least part of the dilation device embedded in surrounding, thereby preventing clinically significant compression of the lumen. Also, an implantation device for such a dilation device in the form of a mounting device configured to carry the dilation device; and a releasably attached movable holder, with the mounting device and holder configured to deliver the dilation device though a working channel to a desired position in a lumen, and to implant the dilation device through a wall of the lumen to a position surrounding the lumen. | 01-12-2012 |
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