Implantable bladder stimulator

Claim 1

A VOLITIONAL STIMULATOR FOR THE STIMULATION OF A DISTENDED BLADDER TO CAUSE THE EMPTYING THEREOF INTERMITTENTLY AT WIDELY SPACED LINE INTERVALS DICTATED BY LIQUID INTAKE INTO THE BLADDER, SAID STIMULATOR INCLUDING (A) MEANS FOR PRODUCING CONTROLLABLE INTERMITTENT ELECTRICAL STIMULI HAVING AN AMPLITUDE OF ABOUT 1 TO 50 VOLTS AND A PULSE RECURRENCE FREQUENCY OF THE ORDER OF ABOUT 20 TO 2000 CYCLES PER SECOND, SAID FREQUENCY BEING UP TO ABOUT 20 TIMES THE PULSE DURATION, (B) AT LEAST TWO SEPARATE ELECTRODE MEANS FOR DIRECT ATTACHMENT OT THE BLADDER WALL AT VARIABLE RELATIVELY WIDELY SPACED DISTANCES, (C) FLEXIBLE ELECTRICAL CONDUCTOR MEANS CONNECTING SAID ELECTRODE MEANS TO SAID MEANS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL STIMULI, (D) MEANS FOR ACTUATING SAID MEANS FOR PRODUCING FOR ELECTRICAL STIMULI TO TURN SAID MEANS "ON" TO APPLY A PULSING ELECTRICAL STIMULUS TO THE BLADDER WALL THROUGH SAID ELECTRODE MEANS, (E) MEANS FOR MANUALLY CONTROLLING SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR APPLYING SAID STIMULUS FOR A SHORT TIME INTERVAL SUFFICIENT TO SUBSTANTIALLY EMPTY SAID BLADDER INTERMITTENTLY AT SAID WIDELY SPACED TIME INTERVALS DICATED BY LIQUID INTAKE INTO THE BLADDER, (F) SAID MEANS FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL STIMULI AND SAID CONDUCTOR MEANS BEING ENCASED IN AN INERT NONTOXIC AND NON-IRRITANT PROTECTIVE MATERIAL IN A RELATIVELY FLAT WAFER-LIKE ENVELOPE AND ELONGATED FLEXIBLE SHEATHS, RESPECTIVELY, FOR IMPLANTATION WITH THE BODY.