Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Bladder event detection for diagnosis of urinary incontinence or treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction
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Application No.: US15142704Application Date: 2016-04-29
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Publication No.: US10478113B2Publication Date: 2019-11-19
- Inventor: Margot S. Damaser , Swarup Bhunia , Robert Karam , Steve Majerus , Dennis Bourbeau , Hui Zhu
- Applicant: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION , Case Western Reserve University , The United States Government as represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs
- Applicant Address: US OH Cleveland US OH Cleveland US DC Washington
- Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION,CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY,THE U.S. GOV'T AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Current Assignee: THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION,CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY,THE U.S. GOV'T AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cleveland US OH Cleveland US DC Washington
- Agency: Tarolli, Sundheim, Covell & Tummino LLP
- Main IPC: A61B5/00
- IPC: A61B5/00 ; A61B5/20 ; A61N1/36 ; A61B5/07 ; A61B5/03
Abstract:
The present disclosure relates generally to using detected bladder events for the diagnosis of urinary incontinence or the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction. A system includes a sensing device comprising a pressure sensor to directly detect a pressure within a bladder. The sensing device is adapted to be located within the bladder. The system also includes a signal processing device to: receive a signal indicating the detected pressure within the bladder; detect a bladder event based the detected pressure within the signal; and characterize the bladder event as a bladder contraction event or a non-contraction event. The characterization of the bladder event can be used in the diagnosis of urinary incontinence or the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction.
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