Patent ID: 9393411
Filing Date: 2016-07-19
CPC Classification: A61N

Claim Text:
1. A method for bladder control, comprising: electrically coupling a first electrode to an afferent nerve that is anatomically related to the bladder, wherein the afferent nerve, when active, reduces external urethral sphincter contractions; electrically coupling a second electrode to an efferent nerve that is anatomically related to the bladder, wherein the efferent nerve, when active, evokes bladder contractions; stimulating the afferent nerve by applying a first series of intermittent pulse bursts by the first electrode to reduce external urethral sphincter contractions; concurrently stimulating the efferent nerve by applying a second series of intermittent pulse bursts by the second electrode to evoke bladder contractions; wherein periods of the first series of intermittent pulse bursts and the second series of intermittent pulse bursts are synchronized so that during a period, one of the first series of intermittent pulse bursts or the second series of intermittent pulse bursts has an on time that a positive integer greater than or equal to two multiple of an on time of the other of the first series of intermittent pulse bursts and the second series of intermittent pulse bursts; and voiding urine from the bladder via the urethra through the external urethral sphincter in response to the first series of intermittent pulse bursts and the second series of intermittent pulse bursts.