Patent ID: 8977353
Filing Date: 2015-03-10
Classification: A61N,C12N,C12Q,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of modifying cardiac tissue behavior at a first location by application of an electric field to cardiac tissue at a second location, comprising: determining a desired non-acute modification of protein activity and/or gene activity of cardiac tissue at said first location; selecting electric field parameters including one or more of the second location, the duration of application of the field and the power level of the field having an expected effect of producing said desired non-acute modification of said protein activity and/or gene activity at said first location, but without causing a significant acute effect at the first location; applying an electric field having the selected parameters to cardiac tissue at said second location to produce said selected non-acute modification at the first location, wherein said first location is sufficiently remote from said second location that a significant acute effect at the first location does not occur.