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Four Basic Types of Stimulators for Urinary Control
- Sacral Nerve Stimulator:
- Implanted device to control the bladder by sending electrical impulses to the nerve that controls the bladder, sacral nerve, sphincter and the muscles around it.
- Tibial Nerve Stimulator:
- Uses percutaneous electrodes to control the bladder by stimulating the tibial nerve in the lower leg.
- Pelvic Floor Stimulator:
- Provides stimulation to the pelvic floor muscles to improve the opening and closing of the urethral.
- Direct Muscle Stimulation:
- Uses an implanted electrode to stimulate the bladder and muscles around it.
Urinary
Control Devices
- Implanted or Partially Implanted Devices
- External Devices
Courtesy of:
The Cleveland FES Center, ABLEDATA, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Buckeye Chapter of the PVA, the PVA Spinal Cord Injury Education and Training Foundation, and the Technical Review and Community Advisory Committees for the original FES Resource Guide.
The Cleveland FES Center, ABLEDATA, National Spinal Cord Injury Association, Buckeye Chapter of the PVA, the PVA Spinal Cord Injury Education and Training Foundation, and the Technical Review and Community Advisory Committees for the original FES Resource Guide.
- Mark IV Breathing Pacemaker System® from Avery Labs
- NeuRx Diaphrahm Pacing Stimulation (DPB) System from Synapse Biomedical
- CoughAssist® In-Exsufflator from Emerson
- Cochlear Implant Association
- National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
- House Ear Institute
- Mimicking the Human Ear – Introduction to Cochlear Implants
- League for the Hard of Hearing & the book Hear Again
- American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
- Cochlear Network
- FDA Cochlear
