BURSTS OF ELECTRICAL PULSES IN THE TREATMENT OF PELVIC DISORDERS BY ELECTRICAL NERVE STIMULATION

摘要

In a system and method for the treatment of urge urinary incontinence by electrical stimulation of pudendal nerve afferents of a living being a first sequence of electrical stimulation pulses are initially provided at a first setting. The pulses are provided continuously or cyclically to an electrode configured to be placed on a portion of a pudendal nerve or its branches. Upon an external control signal preferably provided by the patient to the pulse generator, the pulse generator enters a burst mode providing a sequence of pulses comprising a number of electrical bursts. The continuous or cyclical stimulation according to the first mode is resumed upon completion of the bursts of electrical pulses.