Drug delivery to alleviate chronic pelvic pain
First Claim
1. A method comprising delivering a drug to a genital nerve branch of a genitofemoral nerve of a patient via an implanted drug delivery device.
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Abstract
The disclosure describes a method and system for delivering a drug to a genitofemoral nerve or a genital branch of a genitofemoral nerve of a patient. The system includes drug delivery devices that deliver one or more drugs for alleviation of pelvic pain. The system may deliver drug therapy for pelvic pain in men or women. Drug therapy may be delivered at various locations along a single or both genitofemoral nerves and the genital branch of a single or both genitofemoral nerves of a patient via a fluid transfer device. When implanted proximate to a genital nerve branch, the fluid transfer device may be implanted proximate to the genital nerve branch. In a male patient stimulation may be delivered proximate to the spermatic cord, which contains a portion of the genital nerve branch. In some embodiments, electrical stimulation may be applied in combination with drug therapy to a genitofemoral nerve or a genital nerve branch of the genitofemoral nerve of a patient.
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29 Claims
- 1. A method comprising delivering a drug to a genital nerve branch of a genitofemoral nerve of a patient via an implanted drug delivery device.
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16. A system comprising:
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an implantable drug delivery device that delivers a drug selected to alleviate pelvic pain to a genital nerve branch of at least one genitofemoral nerve of a patient; and
an implantable electrical stimulation device that delivers electrical stimulation selected to alleviate pelvic pain to a genital nerve branch of at least one genitofemoral nerve of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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- 25. A method comprising delivering a drug to at least a portion of a genitofemoral nerve of a patient via an implanted drug delivery device.
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28. A system comprising:
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an implantable drug delivery device that delivers a drug selected to alleviate pelvic pain to a genitofemoral nerve of a patient; and
an implantable electrical stimulation device that delivers electrical stimulation selected to alleviate pelvic pain to a genital nerve branch of at least one genitofemoral nerve of the patient. - View Dependent Claims (29)
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