Electrical stimulation therapy for lower urinary tract dysfunction and sexual reflex dysfunction

摘要

Electrical stimulation therapy may be delivered to a patient to selectively and independently address different conditions of a pelvic floor disorder of the patient. The conditions of a pelvic floor disorder may include, for example, a lower urinary tract dysfunction (e.g., urinary or fecal incontinence) and sexual dysfunction (e.g., an impaired sexual reflex response to a sexual stimulus). In some examples, a system is configured to selectively deliver a first electrical stimulation therapy that is configured to elicit an inhibitory physiological response from the patient related to voiding, a second electrical stimulation therapy that is configured to improve a sexual reflex response of the patient to a sexual stimulus, and a third electrical stimulation therapy that is configured to both elicit the inhibitory physiological response from the patient related to voiding and increase a sexual response of the patient to a sexual stimulus.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
with a processor, receiving user input; with the processor, selecting, based on the user input, one of a first electrical stimulation therapy configured to elicit an inhibitory physiological response from the patient related to voiding, a second electrical stimulation therapy configured to increase a sexual response of the patient to a sexual stimulus compared to a physiological state of the patient elicited by the first electrical stimulation therapy, or a third electrical stimulation therapy configured to elicit the inhibitory physiological response from the patient related to voiding, and, compared to the physiological state of the patient elicited by the first electrical stimulation therapy, increase the sexual response of the patient to the sexual stimulus; and with the processor, controlling a medical device to deliver the selected one of the first electrical stimulation therapy, the second electrical stimulation therapy or the third electrical stimulation therapy to the patient.