Incontinence treatment

A neural, electrode-based technology, applied in the field of incontinence treatment, which can solve the problem of limiting the duration of individual treatment sessions

Inactive Publication Date: 2013-02-13
SKY MEDICAL TECH
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While the use of needle electrodes may be preferable to surgically implanted stimulation devices, they are still invasive and require the patient to remain in a seated or supine position during use, thereby limiting the duration of individual treatment sessions

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[0023] figure 1 A sketch showing the posterior view of the patient's right leg, which generally shows the position of the sciatic nerve, which descends from the sacral plexus and branches into the common peroneal nerve and tibial nerve. The transcutaneous stimulation device includes a pair of elongated electrodes coupled with a power source and control electronics, and they are all mounted on a flexible elastic substrate. The electrodes are covered with conductive gel to promote electrical stimulation and help the device adhere to the patient. The stimulation device is placed on the popliteal fossa of the patient, so that the elongated electrode lies flat on the common peroneal nerve and tibial nerve. In other embodiments of the present invention, the device may be placed so that it lies flat on only one of the common peroneal nerve and the tibial nerve.

[0024] When the device is activated, the control electronics activate the electrodes to provide a DC of 20 mA of 40 Hz puls...

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The present invention describes the use of transcutaneous electrical stimulation of a nerve emanating from the sacral plexus for the treatment or alleviation of incontinence. In preferred embodiments, the lateral popliteal nerve is stimulated in the region of the popliteal fossa. The stimulation is noninvasive.

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Invention field [0001] The present invention relates to the treatment of incontinence, especially the treatment of urinary incontinence, and the treatment of fecal incontinence Background of the invention [0002] Incontinence is a common and distressing problem that includes the involuntary leakage of urine and / or stool material. Urinary incontinence is more common in women than in men, and is usually associated with the following dysfunction of the nerves that control bladder function-the urethral sphincter may relax involuntarily, or the detrusor muscle that forces urine out of the bladder may not Autonomously contract, or both. Those nerves that control the function of the bladder originate from the lumbosacral segment of the spinal cord (lumbosacral plexus spinal area L5-S1), and especially from the pudendal and coccyx S1-S4 spinal segments. The sciatic nerve originates from the L4-S3 segment and starts at the waist and passes through the hips and descends to the lower ext...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61N1/36
CPCA61N1/36007A61N1/36014A61N1/36034A61N1/3603A61N1/0456
Inventor 邓肯·贝恩阿瑟·塔克
Owner SKY MEDICAL TECH
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