Patent ID: 11925802
Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH—OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating urinary retention and/or constipation in a patient, comprising:
stimulating, with one or more implanted electrodes, one or more peripheral nerves of the patient with electrical stimulation, the electrical stimulation comprising one or more pulses having:
a pulsewidth of 0.01 ms to 3 ms; and
an intensity of greater than 0 T and less than 5 T, where T is a threshold intensity to induce a muscle twitch,

wherein the pulses are delivered at a frequency of 0.5 Hz to 3 Hz, thereby causing contraction of the bladder and treating urinary retention in the patient and/or causing contraction of the colon and treating constipation in the patient.