Vaginal electrode for urinary incontinence treatment
US6185465A · kind A · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 17, 1999 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 17, 2019 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61N1/36007
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An electrode for insertion into a body cavity during medical treatment, for example, urinary incontinence treatment, may be inserted into a body cavity and used in contact with a muscular surface, and through which at least one electrical signal is applied to the muscular surface under a control of a controller and at least one EMG signal is detected from the muscular surface. The electrode includes: a rod-shaped main body composed of non-conductive material; a plurality of ring-shape conductive bands each of which is disposed apart from one another along a longitudinal axis of the rod-shaped main body; a plurality of ring-shaped metal bands each of which is buried within one of the plurality of ring-shape conductive bands, respectively; and a plurality of electrical lines each of which has one end connected to a corresponding one of the plurality of ring-shaped metal bands and buried within the rod-shaped main body and the other end extended through a rear side of the rod-shaped main body to be electrically coupled to the controller. The main body and the ring-shaped conductive bands are made of non-conductive silicon and conductive silicon, respectively. Also, the main body is fo…
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