Patent ID: 7276057
Filing Date: 2007-10-02
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of treating at least one diagnosed pelvic floor disorder in a patient, the at least one disorder being selected from the group consisting of prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia, the method comprising: providing a first hermetically sealed implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a first drug therewithin, and to deliver such first drug to a first exterior thereof via a first implantable drug catheter; providing the first drug catheter, the first drug catheter comprising proximal and distal ends; implanting the first drug catheter in or near a first tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of a plurality of sacral nerves or branches or portions thereof, or one of a plurality of pudendal nerves or branches or portions thereof; operably connecting the proximal end of the first drug catheter to the first implantable drug pump; and delivering, from the first implantable drug pump, a first predetermined portion of the first drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the first implantable drug catheter to the distal end thereof to or near at least portions of the first tissue volume; wherein delivery of the first drug to the first tissue volume provides to the patient at least partial relief from the pelvic floor disorder.