WEARABLE INCONTINENCE PREDICTOR SYSTEMS AND DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR PREDICTING INCONTINENCE

    公开(公告)号:US20240324968A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-10-03

    申请号:US18621245

    申请日:2024-03-29

    申请人: Welch Allyn, Inc.

    IPC分类号: A61B5/00 A61B5/0536 A61B5/20

    摘要: A system for incontinence prediction includes an electrical impedance tomography (EIT) device, a posture detector, and one or more processors communicatively coupled to the EIT device and the posture detector. The EIT device may include a plurality of electrodes configured to be worn at a lower abdomen of a user around the bladder. The one or more processors is configured to collect an EIT image generated by the EIT device, a posture generated by the posture detector, and a planning activity of the user. The one or more processors may further determine a bladder status based on the EIT image of the user, predict an incontinence risk based on the bladder status, the posture, and the planning activity of the user and determine a high-risk point indicating a high incontinence risk, and notify the user or a caregiver of the high incontinence risk at the high-risk point.

    SYSTEM FOR MONITORING INCONTINENCE
    6.
    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190110730A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-18

    申请号:US16217384

    申请日:2018-12-12

    摘要: According to one aspect of the inventive concept there is provided a system for monitoring incontinence comprising: a urine sensitive circuit arranged to present a changed electrical characteristic when exposed to urine; a measurement circuit arranged to perform a measurement on a urine bladder of a wearer to determine at least one parameter which varies with a fill level of the urine bladder; a sensor arranged to determine an orientation and/or a movement of the sensor; and a processing circuit arranged to: determine whether the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine; estimate an amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit; and in response to determining that the urine sensitive circuit has been exposed to urine, record data representing said at least one parameter determined by the measurement circuit, an estimated movement and/or posture of the wearer based on an orientation and/or a movement determined by the sensor, and an estimate of the amount of urine released on to the urine sensitive circuit.

    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BLADDER VOLUME OF A SUBJECT
    9.
    发明申请
    DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MONITORING BLADDER VOLUME OF A SUBJECT 有权
    用于监测主体叶片体积的装置和方法

    公开(公告)号:US20170000401A1

    公开(公告)日:2017-01-05

    申请号:US15039900

    申请日:2015-01-28

    发明人: JINGPING XU

    摘要: The present invention provides a device and a method for monitoring the bladder volume of a subject. A device for monitoring the bladder volume of a subject comprises a sensor to be attached to a region on the exterior surface of the abdomen of the subject, the region corresponding to the bladder of the subject, the sensor being configured to obtain a sensor signal indicating the bladder volume of the subject; a controlling unit configured to generate a control action signal if it determines, based on the sensor signal, that the change of the bladder volume of the subject exceeds a predetermined amount; an ultrasound probe to be attached to the subject and configured to emit, in response to the control signal, an ultrasonic signal toward the bladder of the subject and receive echo signals from the bladder of the subject; a deriving unit configured to derive the bladder volume of the subject from the received echo signals. According to the device, long-time monitoring of the bladder volume of the subject may be achieved.

    摘要翻译: 本发明提供了一种用于监测对象的膀胱体积的装置和方法。 用于监测对象的膀胱体积的装置包括传感器,其被附接到对象腹部的外表面上的区域,对应于被检体的膀胱的区域,传感器被配置为获得传感器信号,该信号指示 受试者的膀胱体积; 控制单元,其被配置为如果基于所述传感器信号确定所述对象的膀胱体积的变化超过预定量,则生成控制动作信号; 超声波探头,其被附接到被检体并被配置为响应于控制信号向被检体的膀胱发射超声波信号,并从受检者的膀胱接收回波信号; 导出单元,被配置为从所接收的回波信号中导出对象的膀胱体积。 根据该装置,可以实现对被检体的膀胱体积的长时间监视。

    Implantable medical lead including voiding event sensor
    10.
    发明授权
    Implantable medical lead including voiding event sensor 有权
    植入式医疗用铅包括排尿事件传感器

    公开(公告)号:US08295933B2

    公开(公告)日:2012-10-23

    申请号:US11755578

    申请日:2007-05-30

    IPC分类号: A61N1/05

    摘要: An implantable medical lead includes at least one stimulation electrode and at least one sensor configured to generate an electrical signal that varies as a function of a parameter associated with a voiding event of a patient. In some embodiments, the sensor may be at least one of a microphone that captures sounds associated with voiding events, a pressure sensor, a flow sensor, a strain gauge, a physiological parameter sensing electrode or a temperature sensor. The electrical signal generated by the sensor may used to detect an occurrence of a voiding event. Thus, the lead may be coupled wirelessly or via a wired connection to a device that processes the electrical signal from the sensor, generates voiding information based on the electrical signal, and in some cases, records the voiding information for later retrieval and analysis.

    摘要翻译: 可植入医疗引线包括至少一个刺激电极和至少一个传感器,该至少一个传感器被配置为产生随着与患者的排尿事件相关联的参数的函数而变化的电信号。 在一些实施例中,传感器可以是麦克风中的至少一个,其中捕获与排尿事件相关的声音,压力传感器,流量传感器,应变计,生理参数感测电极或温度传感器。 由传感器产生的电信号可以用于检测排气事件的发生。 因此,引线可以无线地或经由有线连接耦合到处理来自传感器的电信号的设备,基于电信号产生空隙信息,并且在一些情况下,记录用于稍后检索和分析的排尿信息。