Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Incontinence therapy
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Application No.: US16942542Application Date: 2020-07-29
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Publication No.: US11638821B2Publication Date: 2023-05-02
- Inventor: Lance Zirpel , Sudha B. Iyer , Xuan K. Wei
- Applicant: Medtronic, Inc.
- 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: A61N1/36
- IPC: A61N1/36

Abstract:
The disclosure describes example of subsensory electrical stimulation for providing therapy for incontinence. An implantable medical device (IMD) includes a memory configured to store a set of therapy parameters for subsensory electrical stimulation of a patient. The delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation results in a therapeutic effect for incontinence therapy at a stimulation intensity that is in range of approximately 50% to 80% of a stimulation intensity at a sensory threshold, and the patient does not perceive delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation and perceives delivery of stimulation at the sensory threshold. The IMD also includes therapy delivery circuitry configured to deliver the subsensory electrical stimulation based on the stored set of therapy parameters, including cycling the delivery of the subsensory electrical stimulation between an on-cycle and an off-cycle.
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- US20210031032A1 INCONTINENCE THERAPY Public/Granted day:2021-02-04
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