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Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2006

Filed:

Sep. 14, 1999
Applicants:

Narendra Bhadra, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

J. Thomas Mortimer, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);

Volker Grunewald, Hannover, DE;

Inventors:

Narendra Bhadra, Cleveland Heights, OH (US);

J. Thomas Mortimer, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);

Volker Grunewald, Hannover, DE;

Assignee:

Axon Engineering, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61N 1/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for controlling bladder discharge in a patient are described. The method includes coupling a first electrode to a sacral ventral root of the patient and coupling a second electrode to a sacral dorsal root of the patient. The method may be applied to spinal cord injured patients without dorsal root section.


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