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US 9,314,629 B2Granted
Method for recovering body functions
OwnerMarc Possoverinventor
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Abstract
A method for treating an impaired body function in a patient, including the steps of (a) laparoscopically implanting at least one neuroprothesis electrode on a least one endopelvic nerve root of a patient; (b) electrostimulating the nerve root with the electrode for a predetermined time period to induce a body function of the patient; and (c) during the predetermined time period, instructing the patient to mentally concentrate on performing the body function.
Claims7
A method for treating an impaired body function in a patient, comprising the steps of:
- (a) laparoscopically implanting at least one neuroprothesis electrode on at least one endopelvic nerve root of a patient;
- (b) electrostimulating the nerve root with the electrode for a predetermined time period to induce a body function of the patient;
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- (c) during the predetermined time period, instructing the patient to mentally concentrate on performing the body function, wherein the implanting step comprises identifying a nerve root corresponding to an impaired body function of the patient, and implanting the electrode on the identified nerve root, and wherein the identified nerve root has lost communication with the patient's brain, wherein steps (b) and (c) re-establish communication between the identified nerve root and the patient's brain.
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