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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2024
Filed:
Mar. 23, 2022
Hologic, Inc., Marlborough, MA (US);
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
John O. DeLancey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James Ashton-Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Christian Michael Ulm, Marlborough, MA (US);
Jessica Tina Schenck, Marlborough, MA (US);
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
HOLOGIC, INC., Marlborough, MA (US);
Abstract
A transvaginal stimulation device comprises a probe body sized to fit entirely within a vaginal cavity of a female patient. The probe body has a stimulating side defined by a length and a width of the probe body. The transvaginal stimulation device further comprises a pair of electrodes disposed on the stimulating side of the probe body and laterally spaced from each other. A method for treating stress urinary incontinence in a female patient comprises inserting the intravaginal device into a vaginal cavity of the female patient, positioning the pair of electrodes against an anterior wall of the vagina of the female patient, and conveying stimulation energy between the pair of electrodes to stimulate at least one muscle of a urethral sphincter muscle of the female patient without substantially stimulating pelvic floor muscles of the female patient.