| 摘要 |
Apparatus and methods are provided, including a bladder stimulator that includes an elongate element adapted to pass through a urethra or adapted to pass through another opening in the bladder, an expandable body coupled to said elongate element, and an array of one or more stimulator contacts coupled to the expandable body, the array including at least one contact adapted to contact a portion of a bladder of a subject when the expandable body is inserted in the bladder and expanded. A controller stimulates the portion of the bladder by driving a pulse into the bladder via the contact, the pulse having a frequency of 5 Hz-1 kHz. Other applications are also described. |
| 主权项 |
1. A method of controlling a physiological state of a subject, comprising:
(a) determining that it is desired to affect functioning of a system of the subject, the functioning being selected from the group consisting of: renal functioning, and cardiovascular functioning; and (b) in response thereto, affecting the selected functioning in the desired manner, by electrically stimulating a urine carrying portion of a urinary system of the subject selected from the group consisting of: a ureter, a trigone, a uretero-vesical junction, a urethra, a renal pelvis, an internal structure of the kidney, a lumen in the kidney, and a bladder,the electrical stimulation of the selected portion causing a therapeutic change in a value of at least one parameter, relative to a value of the parameter in an absence of the electrical stimulation being applied to the selected portion, the parameter being selected from the group consisting of: glomerular filtration rate, renal blood flow, diuresis, and natriuresis. |
