Incontinence treatment
AssigneeSky Medical Technology Ltd.
InventorsDuncan Bain, Arthur Tudor Tucker
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Abstract
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.
Claims16
A method for treating and/or alleviating incontinence, the method comprising applying transcutaneous electrical stimulation to a limb of a patient such that a nerve emanating from the sacral plexus is stimulated.
A device for treating or alleviating incontinence, the device comprising at least one transcutaneous electrode adapted to be located on a limb of a patient;
- a power supply connected to the electrode;
- and control means for activating the electrode such that transcutaneous electrical stimulation of a nerve emanating from the sacral plexus is effected;
- characterised in that the control means is adapted to activate the electrode so as to provide electrical stimulation sufficient to propagate a signal to the sacral plexus and thence to the nerves innervating the bladder and/or rectum.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.