US 12,133,980 B2
Device, systems and methods for treatment of neurogenic bladder
Mir Imran, Los Altos Hills, CA (US)
Assigned to InCube Labs, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed by InCube Labs, LLC, San Jose, CA (US)
Filed on Aug. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/447,039.
Application 18/447,039 is a division of application No. 16/668,672, filed on Oct. 30, 2019, granted, now 11,794,001.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/754,433, filed on Nov. 1, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0017058 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A61N 1/00 (2006.01); A61F 2/04 (2013.01); A61M 25/00 (2006.01); A61N 1/05 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01); A61M 25/09 (2006.01)
CPC A61N 1/0514 (2013.01) [A61F 2/042 (2013.01); A61M 25/0017 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01); A61M 2025/09008 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for positioning an external urethral sphincter stimulating (EUSS) catheter in urinary tissue of a patient, the method comprising:
positioning a guiding catheter in a urethra of the patient so that an exit port of the guiding catheter is proximate the patient's external urethral sphincter;
advancing the EUSS catheter through a lumen of the guiding catheter such that a tissue-penetrating end of a distal portion of the catheter penetrates the urethra into tissue adjacent the external urethral sphincter and exits out of tissue into the patient's perineum;
drawing the distal portion of the EUSS catheter from the perineum area until a proximal anchor is lodged in or adjacent to tissue of urethral wall such that one or more electrodes are positioned proximate the external urethral sphincter;
tunneling a distal tether portion from the EUSS catheter to a location in the patient's buttocks and/or back area such that a connector on the EUSS catheter is positioned at a connection location; and
disconnecting the distal portion from the EUSS catheter leaving the connector at the connection location.