Electrical Muscle Controller
First Claim
1. A method of modifying the activity of the heart or of a portion thereof, comprising applying to said heart or a portion thereof a non-excitatory electric field of a magnitude, shape, duty cycle, phase, frequency and duration suitable to obtain a desired change, to modify an activity of the heart or a portion thereof, wherein said field is applied at a time at which it is unable to generate a propagating action potential.
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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%.
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1. A method of modifying the activity of the heart or of a portion thereof, comprising applying to said heart or a portion thereof a non-excitatory electric field of a magnitude, shape, duty cycle, phase, frequency and duration suitable to obtain a desired change, to modify an activity of the heart or a portion thereof, wherein said field is applied at a time at which it is unable to generate a propagating action potential.
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