Patent ID: 7328069

Claim:
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 constipation, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia, the method comprising: implanting a distal end of a first implantable medical electrical lead in a first tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of a right pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, a left pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, a right sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof, or a left sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof, wherein the first lead comprises at least a first electrode; operably connecting a proximal end of the first lead to an hermetically sealed implantable electrical pulse generator configured to provide at least a first electrical stimulation pulse regime via at least the first lead; implanting the implantable pulse generator within the patient; implanting a distal end of an implantable drug catheter in one of the first tissue volume or a second tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of the right pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the left pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the right sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof, or the left sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof; implanting an hermetically sealed implantable drug pump within the patient, the implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a drug therewithin, and to deliver a such drug to an exterior thereof via the implantable drug catheter; operably connecting a proximal end of the implantable drug catheter to the implantable drug pump; delivering, from the implantable pulse generator, first electrical stimulation pulses to one of the right pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the left pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the right sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof, or the left sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof through the first lead and at least the first electrode, the first pulses being provided in accordance with the first electrical stimulation pulse regime; and delivering from the implantable drug pump a predetermined portion of the drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the implantable drug catheter and to the distal end thereof to one of the right pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the left pudendal nerve or branches or portions thereof, the right sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof, or the left sacral nerve or branches or portions thereof; wherein the combination of the first electrical pulse regime and the predetermined amount of the drug is delivered in a configuration effective to provide at least partial relief from at least one of constipation, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.