Method for treating urinary incontinence and an apparatus therefor
US5984854A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 14, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 16, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 14, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N2/006
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method for treating urinary incontinence which consists of delivering a train of current pulses through one or more magnetic stimulation coils to induce a train of magnetic flux pulses, which then induce an eddy current within the body, thereby to stimulate a group of pelvic floor muscles, the pudendal nerve, the external urethral sphincter, or the tibial nerve.
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