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Patent Inventor Names
Yossi Gross0
Date of Patent
October 19, 2010
0Patent Application Number
120239000
Date Filed
January 31, 2008
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent 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 configured to be coupled to a vicinity of a blood vessel that carries blood into or out of a penis of the subject, and a control unit 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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