Invention Application
- Patent Title: PERISTALTIC PUMP FOR TREATMENT OF ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION
- Patent Title (中): 用于治疗溃疡性功能障碍的尿液泵
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Application No.: PCT/IL2009/000115Application Date: 2009-01-29
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Publication No.: WO2009095918A2Publication Date: 2009-08-06
- Inventor: GROSS, Yossi
- Applicant: RAINBOW MEDICAL LTD. , GROSS, Yossi
- Applicant Address: P.O. Box 12593 46733 Herzliya IL
- Assignee: RAINBOW MEDICAL LTD.,GROSS, Yossi
- Current Assignee: RAINBOW MEDICAL LTD.,GROSS, Yossi
- Current Assignee Address: P.O. Box 12593 46733 Herzliya IL
- Agency: SANFORD T. COLB & CO.
- Priority: US12/023,900 20080131
- Main IPC: A61F5/00
- IPC: A61F5/00
Abstract:
In some embodiments of the present invention, apparatus is provided for treating erectile dysfunction of a subject. The apparatus includes one or more electrodes (22) configured to be coupled to a vicinity of a blood vessel (50) that carries blood into or out of a penis (52) of the subject, and a control unit (24) configured to facilitate erection of the penis by peristaltically pumping blood in the blood vessel by stimulating nitric oxide (NO) production in the vicinity, by driving the electrodes to drive a current into the vicinity. Additional embodiments are also described.
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