Methods for activating the muscle cells or nerves of the uterus or cervix
First Claim
1. A method of activating muscle cells to either stimulate or inhibit contraction thereof by applying electrical pulses thereto, wherein each pulse is applied for a duration in a range of about 10 to 500 milliseconds at a frequency in the range of about 0.05 to 5 Hz with a voltage in a range of about 0.1 to 30 volts and in trains of about 0.5 to 10 seconds.
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Abstract
Muscle cells and nerves of the uterus and cervix are treated with electrical pulses having selective parameters in order to stimulate or inhibit contraction thereof. Either a needle or probe is provided having stimulation electrodes thereon from which the treatment pulses emanate. In a further embodiment, patients are simultaneously treated with pharmacological agents in conjunction with the electrical treatment.
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- 1. A method of activating muscle cells to either stimulate or inhibit contraction thereof by applying electrical pulses thereto, wherein each pulse is applied for a duration in a range of about 10 to 500 milliseconds at a frequency in the range of about 0.05 to 5 Hz with a voltage in a range of about 0.1 to 30 volts and in trains of about 0.5 to 10 seconds.
- 15. A method of stimulating nerves which control smooth muscle tissue with muscle cells having a chronaxie in the range of about 0 to 100 milliseconds to cause the muscle tissue to either relax or contract comprising applying pulses thereto having a duration in a range of about 0.1 to 1 millisecond at a frequency of about 2.5 to 60 Hz with a voltage in the range of about 10 to 80 volts and in trains having a duration of less than 1 second to stimulate intramural nerve fiber.
- 29. A method of stimulating nerves which control muscle tissue to cause the muscle tissue to either relax or contract comprising applying pulses thereto having a duration in a range of about 0.5 to 0.7 millisecond at a frequency of about 30 Hz with a voltage of about 30 volts and in trains in the range of about 1 to 3 seconds.
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