Electrical stimulation for treatment of incontinence and...

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A61N 1/36 (2006.01) A61B 5/22 (2006.01) A61N 1/05 (2006.01)

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CA 2136337

The invention is concerned with electrical stimulation for the treatment of neuro-muscular disorders, in particular incontinence. There is disclosed a portable electrical stimulation apparatus for treatment of incontinence; comprising one or more electrodes (302) for applying one or more electrical stimulation signals to a patient's body, a signal generator for generating the electrical stimulation signal(s), one or more conductive leads for connecting the signal generator to the electrode(s); to deliver the electrical stimulation signal to the electrode(s); and a power supply, characterised in that the apparatus includes an instruction storage means or a programming means for imparting a set of instructions to the signal generating means, the signal generating means being responsive to the instruction storage means or programming means so that the generated signal adopts signal waveform characteristic selected in accordance with said set of instructions.

L'invention se rapporte à un appareil de stimulation électrique portatif pour le traitement de l'incontinence, qui comprend une ou plusieurs électrodes (302) servant à appliquer un ou plusieurs signaux de stimulation électrique sur le corps d'un patient, un générateur de signaux servant à générer le ou les signaux de stimulation électrique, un ou plusieurs fils conducteurs servant à connecter le générateur de signaux à l'électrode ou aux électrodes, afin d'acheminer le signal de stimulation électrique à l'électrode ou aux électrodes, ainsi qu'une alimentation. L'appareil se caractérise en ce qu'il est pourvu en outre d'un organe de stockage d'instructions ou d'un organe de programmation servant à fournir un ensemble d'instructions à l'organe générateur de signaux, lequel réagit à l'organe de stockage d'instructions ou à l'organe de programmation, pour que le signal généré adopte les caractéristiques de forme d'onde de signal choisies en fonction de cet ensemble d'instructions.

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