Patent ID: 7330762
Filing Date: 2008-02-12
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
1. A method of providing pulsed electrical stimulation to at least one of sacral plexus, inferior hypogastric plexus, and superior hypogastric plexus or their branches or portion thereof, comprising the steps of: providing an implantable stimulator to provide electrical pulses, wherein said implantable stimulator comprises a pulse generator module and a stimulus-receiver module that receives external stimulus signals and is capable of applying said electrical pulses independently of said pulse generator module; providing an external stimulator adapted to be inductively coupled to said stimulus-receiver module; and providing at least one implanted lead in electrical contact with said implanted stimulator, and at least one electrode adapted to be in contact with at least one of sacral plexus, inferior hypogastric plexus, and superior hypogastric plexus or their branches or portion thereof, whereby pulsed electrical stimulation is provided to at least one of sacral plexus, inferior hypogastric plexus, and superior hypogastric plexus or their branches or portion thereof.