Topical Nerve Stimulator and Sensor for Bladder Control
AssigneeNeurostim Solutions, LLC
InventorsGraham Creasey, Hoo-Min D. Toong
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Abstract
What is provided is a method and apparatus for modifying bladder function comprising: applying a dermal patch having an integral electrode in proximity to a sacral or pudendal nerve; selecting the sacral or pudendal nerve by a sensor integral on the dermal patch; determining a stimulation corresponding to the sacral or pudendal nerve, by logic of the dermal patch; applying the stimulation by the electrodes and a stimulator integral to the dermal patch to produce an electric field; and selectively activating the sacral or pudendal nerve by the electric field.
Claims19
A method of modifying bladder function comprising:
- applying a dermal patch having an integral electrode in proximity to a sacral or pudendal nerve;
- determining a stimulation corresponding to the sacral or pudendal nerve, by logic of the dermal patch;
- applying the stimulation by the electrodes and a stimulator integral to the dermal patch to produce an electric field;
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- selectively activating the sacral or pudendal nerve by the electric field.
A bladder control apparatus comprising:
- a dermal patch;
- one or more stimulation generators integral to the patch;
- logic to create a stimulation;
- logic to produce a nerve signature indicating the activities and electrophysiological properties of a sacral or pudendal nerve, and
- the nerve signature accessing the logic to create a stimulation for the selected sacral or pudendal nerve or a branch or tributary of the selected sacral or pudendal nerve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.