Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical stimulation to alleviate chronic pelvic pain
- Patent Title (中): 电刺激缓解慢性盆腔疼痛
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Application No.: US11413621Application Date: 2006-04-28
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Publication No.: US07809443B2Publication Date: 2010-10-05
- Inventor: Jonathon E. Giftakis , Martin T. Gerber
- Applicant: Jonathon E. Giftakis , Martin T. Gerber
- Applicant Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Medtronic, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US MN Minneapolis
- Agency: Shumaker & Sieffert, P.A.
- Main IPC: A61N1/34
- IPC: A61N1/34

Abstract:
The disclosure describes a method and system for applying electrical stimulation to a genitofemoral nerve or a genital branch of a genitofemoral nerve of a patient. The system includes electrical stimulators that apply electrical stimulation for alleviation of pelvic pain. The system may apply electrical stimulation for pelvic pain in men or women. The electrical stimulators may comprise various types of electrodes such as cuff electrodes, electrode leads, and microstimulators implanted at various locations proximate to a single or both genitofemoral nerves and the genital branch of a single or both genitofemoral nerves of a patient. When implanted proximate to a genital nerve branch, the electrode may be implanted proximate to the genital nerve branch. In a male patient stimulation may be delivered proximate to the spermatic cord, which contains a portion of the genital nerve branch.
Public/Granted literature
- US20070179559A1 Electrical stimulation to alleviate chronic pelvic pain Public/Granted day:2007-08-02
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