Patent ID: 8660646

Claim:
A method for providing a reusable nerve stimulation system to treat incontinence, the method comprising: providing a computer system having a customer interface; providing a neurostimulator unit including: a pulse generator for electrically coupling to a transcutaneous electrode configured to be applied to skin adjacent a stimulation site of a patient and a percutaneous electrode having a leading end for inserting adjacent the stimulation site of a patient, and a microcontroller in communication with the pulse generator for monitoring a number of available treatment credits to the neurostimulator unit and for activating the pulse generator during a treatment session when the number of available treatment credits is at least one; receiving at the computer system a treatment credit request transmitted through the customer interface, each treatment credit request having purchase information including a number of treatment credits purchased, each treatment credit purchased corresponding to an available treatment credit; transmitting the number of treatment credits purchased to the microcontroller of the neurostimulator unit; and adjusting the number of treatment credits available to the neurostimulator unit based on the number of treatment credits purchased transmitted to the microcontroller of the neurostimulator unit.