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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 17, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2004
Applicants:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Israel Nissenkorn, Tel Aviv, IL;
David Lifschitz, Zurich, IL;
Inventors:
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Israel Nissenkorn, Tel Aviv, IL;
David Lifschitz, Zurich, IL;
Assignee:
AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 2/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device and method for treatment of urinary stress incontinence. At least one electrode is implanted in a pelvic muscle of a patient. A control unit receives signals indicative of abdominal stress in the patient and responsive thereto applies an electrical waveform to the electrode which stimulates the muscle to contract, so as to inhibit involuntary urine flow through the patient's urethra due to the stress.