High frequency neurostimulation for pelvic symptom control

US11045650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Medtronic, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Thaddeus S. Brink · Minneapolis, US
• Dwight E. Nelson · Shoreview, US
• Lance Zirpel · Lino Lakes, US
• Xin Su · Beijing, CN
• Blake Hedstrom · Minneapolis, US
• Erik J. Peterson · Fridley, US
• David A. Dinsmoor · Windom, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 5, 2017
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2021
• Expiry date: Dec 5, 2037

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61N1/37205
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In general, techniques, methods, systems, and devices for delivering high frequency neurostimulation to control one or more pelvic disorders are described. In one example, a method includes identifying, by a medical device configured to be at least partially implanted in a patient, an indication to inhibit bladder activity. The medical device generates, in response to identifying the indication, electrical stimulation therapy comprising first electrical stimulation pulses comprising a first frequency greater than or equal to about 500 Hertz and less than or equal to about 5,000 Hertz. Further, the medical device delivers the electrical stimulation therapy to a target nerve selected from a group consisting of: a sacral nerve, a pelvic nerve, a tibial nerve, and a pudendal nerve of the patient.