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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 05, 2017
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Thaddeus S. Brink, St. Paul, MN (US);
Dwight E. Nelson, Shoreview, MN (US);
Lance Zirpel, Lino Lakes, MN (US);
Xin Su, Plymouth, MN (US);
Blake A. Hedstrom, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Erik J. Peterson, Fridley, MN (US);
David A. Dinsmoor, North Oaks, MN (US);
Medtronic, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
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.