Method, system and device for treating disorders of the pelvic floor by drug delivery to the pudendal and sacral nerves
First Claim
1. A method of treating at least one diagnosed pelvic floor disorder in a patient, the at least one disorder being selected from the group consisting of prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia, the method comprising:
- providing a first hermetically sealed implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a first drug therewithin, and to deliver such first drug to a first exterior thereof via a first implantable drug catheter;
providing the first drug catheter, the first drug catheter comprising proximal and distal ends;
implanting the first drug catheter in or near a first tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of a plurality of sacral nerves or branches or portions thereof, or one of a plurality of pudendal nerves or branches or portions thereof;
operably connecting the proximal end of the first drug catheter to the first implantable drug pump; and
delivering, from the first implantable drug pump, a first predetermined portion of the first drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the first implantable drug catheter to the distal end thereof to or near at least portions of the first tissue volume;
wherein delivery of the first drug to the first tissue volume provides to the patient at least partial relief from the pelvic floor disorder.
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Abstract
Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by delivering one or more drugs to a sacral nerve or nerve portion, as well as to a pudendal nerve or nerve portion. Two or more drug delivery regimes are provided on a continuous, alternating, intermittent or other basis to the sacral and pudendal nerves in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary and/or fecal voiding dysfunctions such as constipation, incontinence disorders such as urge frequency and urinary retention disorders, sexual dysfunctions such as orgasmic and erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.
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30 Claims
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1. A method of treating at least one diagnosed pelvic floor disorder in a patient, the at least one disorder being selected from the group consisting of prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia, the method comprising:
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providing a first hermetically sealed implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a first drug therewithin, and to deliver such first drug to a first exterior thereof via a first implantable drug catheter; providing the first drug catheter, the first drug catheter comprising proximal and distal ends; implanting the first drug catheter in or near a first tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of a plurality of sacral nerves or branches or portions thereof, or one of a plurality of pudendal nerves or branches or portions thereof; operably connecting the proximal end of the first drug catheter to the first implantable drug pump; and delivering, from the first implantable drug pump, a first predetermined portion of the first drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the first implantable drug catheter to the distal end thereof to or near at least portions of the first tissue volume; wherein delivery of the first drug to the first tissue volume provides to the patient at least partial relief from the pelvic floor disorder. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method of treating at least one diagnosed pelvic floor disorder in a patient, the at least one disorder being selected from the group consisting of urinary voiding dysfunction, fecal voiding dysfunction, constipation, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, urinary retention disorder, sexual dysfunction, orgasmic dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia, the method comprising:
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providing a first hermetically sealed implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a first drug therewithin, and to deliver such first drug to a first exterior thereof via a first implantable drug catheter; providing the first drug catheter, the first drug catheter comprising proximal and distal ends; providing a second hermetically sealed implantable drug pump configured to receive and house a volume of a second drug therewithin, and to deliver such second drug to a second exterior thereof via a second implantable drug catheter; providing the second drug catheter, the second drug catheter comprising proximal and distal ends; implanting the first drug catheter in or near a first tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of the a plurality of sacral nerves or branches or portions thereof on a first side of the patient; operably connecting the proximal end of the first drug catheter to the first implantable drug pump; and implanting the second drug catheter in or near a second tissue volume of the patient adjacent, around or in one of a plurality of pudendal nerves or branches or portions thereof on a second side of the patient; operably connecting the proximal end of the second drug catheter to the second implantable drug pump; delivering, from the first implantable drug pump, a first predetermined portion of the first drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the first implantable drug catheter to the distal end thereof to or near at least portions of the first tissue volume; delivering, from the second implantable drug pump, a second predetermined portion of the second drug housed therewithin to the exterior thereof through the second implantable drug catheter to the distal end thereof to or near at least portions of the second tissue volume; wherein the combination of the delivery of the first drug to the first tissue volume and the second drug to the second tissue volume provides to the patient at least partial relief from the pelvic floor disorder.
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