Patent ID: 6542776
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: A61N

Abstract:
Method of installing a plurality of electrodes to tissue in the viscera for electrical stimulation of said tissue, comprising:providing a first electrode-pair attachment member configured to pass through the tissue and supporting first and second electrodes thereon spaced a first distance apart, a second electrode-pair attachment member configured to pass through the tissue and supporting third and fourth electrodes thereon spaced a second distance apart, and a flexible bridging portion attached to the first and second electrode attachment members and configured to allow relative positioning of the first and second electrode attachment members in the tissue such that the first, second, third and fourth electrodes are substantially equidistantly spaced apart; laparoscopically inserting the first and second electrode attachment members, the electrodes, and the bridging member through a surgical access opening in the patient; and passing the first and second electrode attachment members through the neuromuscular tissue such that the first, second, third, and fourth electrodes are substantially equidistantly spaced apart, thereby forming an electrical interface between the electrodes and the neuromuscular tissue.