US 12,357,823 B2
Systems and methods for treating incontinence
John Rondoni, Plymouth, MN (US); and Stephen Lorne Bolea, Golden Valley, MN (US)
Assigned to INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Golden Valley, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/613,869
Filed by INSPIRE MEDICAL SYSTEMS, INC., Golden Valley, MN (US)
PCT Filed May 26, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/034573
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/243104, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 3, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/852,781, filed on May 24, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0288388 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. A61N 1/36 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/36007 (2013.01) 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating incontinence of a patient, the method comprising:
applying stimulation energy to a target site of the patient sufficient to activate an external sphincter of the patient;
wherein the step of applying stimulation energy includes applying stimulation in a dynamic mode of operation comprising:
determining onset of potential leakage, including:
monitoring information from at least one sensor applied to the patient, the monitored information indicative of a physiological parameter of the patient,
determining an instantaneous change in the monitored physiological parameter over time (dp/dt),
determining that the instantaneous change in the monitored physiological parameter over time (dp/dt) meets a criteria; and
automatically delivering stimulation energy in response to the determination that the instantaneous change in the monitored physiological parameter over time (dp/dt) meets the criteria.