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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2008
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Israel Nissenkorn, Tel Aviv, IL;
David Lifschitz, Zurich, CH;
Yossi Gross, Moshav Mazor, IL;
Ehud Cohen, Ganei Tikva, IL;
Israel Nissenkorn, Tel Aviv, IL;
David Lifschitz, Zurich, CH;
AMS Research Corporation, Minnetonka, MN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for treatment of fecal incontinence comprises at least one electrode placed in contact with a pelvic muscle of a patient and a control unit that is coupled to the electrode. The at least one electrode comprises a flexible intra-muscular electrode that conducts electromyographic (EMG) signals from the muscle. The control unit comprises a processor that analyzes the EMG signals conducted through the at least one electrode, determines whether the EMG signals are indicative of fecal incontinence and, responsive to the signal being indicative of fecal incontinence, applies an electrical waveform to the muscle through the at least one electrode.