ELECTRODE SLING FOR TREATING STRESS AND URGE INCONTINENCE

The invention provides an implantable pelvic treatment apparatus, comprising an implantable mechanical support shaped to support a portion of a urethra of a patient; three or more electrodes, coupled to the mechanical support; and a control unit, configured to selectively drive a current through the...

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Hauptverfasser:	LONGHINI, Ross, A, GROSS, Yosef
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng ; fre ; ger
Schlagworte:	BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS ELECTROTHERAPY FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS FIRST-AID KITS FOMENTATION HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MAGNETOTHERAPY MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES PROSTHESES RADIATION THERAPY TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS ULTRASOUND THERAPY
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Zusammenfassung:	The invention provides an implantable pelvic treatment apparatus, comprising an implantable mechanical support shaped to support a portion of a urethra of a patient; three or more electrodes, coupled to the mechanical support; and a control unit, configured to selectively drive a current through the electrodes to treat a pelvic condition, and perform a calibration procedure in which the control unit drives a current through a plurality of subsets of the electrodes at different times.