Seating apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of diagnosing and curing urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders

Abstract

The present invention relates to a seating apparatus for the diagnosis and treatment, and more particularly, to a seating apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of diagnosing and curing urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders which enables to diagnose symptoms of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders by measuring contraction pressure and contraction duration of pelvic floor muscles, muscles of perineum and anal sphincters of a user, who puts on cloth while seated, simultaneously with curing symptoms of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders throughout biofeedback exercise and training.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 14 / 082,076 filed Nov. 15, 2013, the entire contents of which are incorporated herein by reference.FIELD OF THE PRESENT INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to a seating apparatus for diagnosis and treatment, and more particularly, to a seating apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of diagnosing and curing urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders which enables to diagnose symptoms of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders by measuring contraction pressure and contraction duration of pelvic floor muscles, muscles of perineum and anal sphincters of a user, who puts on cloth while seated, simultaneously with curing symptoms of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction and defecation disorders throughout biofeedback exercise and training.BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION[0003]Urinary incontinence is a control probl...

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Benefits of technology

The present invention provides a seating apparatus for diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and defecation disorders. The apparatus allows a nurse or user to easily diagnose and treat symptoms by measuring the contraction pressure and duration of pelvic floor muscles, muscles of perineum, and anal sphincters while the user is seated or lies in bed. The apparatus can also inject an implantable air or electric probe sensor to accurately diagnose and cure the symptoms through biofeedback exercise and training of pelvic floor muscles. The technical effects of the invention include convenient and accurate diagnosis and treatment of urinary incontinence, erectile dysfunction, and defecation disorders.

Problems solved by technology

Urinary incontinence is a control problem of bladder and urethral sphincter, wherein urethral pressure normally exceeds bladder pressure, resulting in involuntary leakage of urine.

Stress incontinence comes from increased intra-abdominal pressure, wherein insufficient strength of urethral ligaments, bulbocavernous muscles, transverses perinei muscles and anal sphincters increase intra-abdominal pressure, resulting in leakage of urine, under 50 ml.

Therefore, urinary incontinence gives women severe damage in terms of mental, social and economic sides.

It implies that urinary incontinence causes many economic problems.

As for physical damage, external genitals get wet all the time, resulting in fungal infections and contact dermatitis.

As for mental damage, anxiety, tension and shame are due to unpleasant odor, disrupting personal relations and social activities.

Also, negative impacts on self-concept and self-esteem cause mental disorders such as depression or emotional alienation.

Moreover, it has been revealed that the excessive increase of pelvic structure due to pregnancy and delivery weakens contractile force of pelvic floor muscles (vagina muscles), causing erectile dysfunction and urinary incontinence.

Urinary incontinence is a formidable disease of disrupting marital relation as well as causing inconvenience in daily life.

However, it is the problem that the perineometer needs professional knowledge.

Thus, it is difficult for people to operate the perineometer.

When exercising pelvic floor muscles, abdominal or hip muscles besides pelvic muscles may be used and then, this causes increased abdominal pressure and worse urinary incontinence.

In addition, there are premature ejaculation, impotence, painful ejaculation, prostatic disease and hyposexuality in male erectile dysfunction.

First, prostatitis is inflammation of the prostate.

However, prostatitis is considered as a chronic disease because it is often hard to find out causative organisms and reasons for prostatitis; there is a limit (about 60 percent, cured) to cure with medicine due to no medicinal penetration of prostate, consisting of special cells; and it is frequently recurred even after symptoms are alleviated.

Accordingly, since many patients long for treatment in various ways, not only the efficiency of occupation is declined due to physical, economical and mental exhaustion, but the quality of life is remarkably endangered.

At first, unpleasant feeling and pain in perineal region and rectum occur.

Generally, the progress of prostatic carcinoma is slow.

This is not a disease, but a symptom which influences patients' lives by causing severe mental anguish.

However, such apparatuses just temporarily alleviate pain or unpleasant feeling.

Also, the effect of treatment works in the short term, thus not satisfying users.

Furthermore, oral medication, used for treatment, has problems of side effects, like drug tolerance, organic malfunction and organic damage due to long-term drug taking, and should combine surgery because only medication cannot completely cure diseases.

Not only is it very unhealthy because of finger-using injection into rectum and anus, but patients should live with long-time injection.

Nevertheless, medications cannot be fully absorbed into human body.

However, patients should visit hospital many times, and it is too complex to operate for users.

Also, it is quite expensive and therefore, it costs a lot for inspection and treatment.

Treatment effects are short; it may be recurred; and scientific reproducibility is not enough.

In addition, as for antibiotics widely used in prostate and anal diseases, there have been resistant bacteria which cannot be cured by existing antibiotics: these have been incurred by misuse and overdose in advanced countries, and drug tolerance by small dose, below adequate amount, in developing countries.

Thus, the World is currently facing to a serious level.

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