Surgery – Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
Patent
1997-02-14
1999-11-16
Gilbert, Samuel
Surgery
Magnetic field applied to body for therapy
A61N 202
Patent
active
059848545
ABSTRACT:
A method for treating urinary incontinence which consists of delivering a train of current pulses through one or more magnetic stimulation coils to induce a train of magnetic flux pulses, which then induce an eddy current within the body, thereby to stimulate a group of pelvic floor muscles, the pudendal nerve, the external urethral sphincter, or the tibial nerve.
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Hosaka Hidehiro
Ishikawa Norio
Suda Shin
Gilbert Samuel
Nihon Kohden Corporation
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