189 results about "Urinary incontinence" patented technology

Set forth are vascular valves and servovalves and methods of using the same that may be positioned in the circulatory system without interrupting blood flow to facilitate solid organ transplantation so as to reduce graft organ anoxia and degradation before and after harvesting and storage, thereby minimizing late-term cardiac allograft vasculopathy as a major cause of graft failure. Along the urinary tract, bypassing bladder-generated urge sensation by diverting urine directly from the ureters to a neobladder or collection bag alleviates intractable incontinence, nocturia, urethral syndrome, overactive bladder, dysuria, or frequency. Where the lower tract is missing, a prosthesis can thwart disease and preclude the degenerative metaplastic transition to carcinoma risked when gut is used to construct a conduit for urine, a neobladder, and / or high-maintenance stoma. Druglines to valves and servovalves can directly pipeline-target medication to nidi, anastomoses, or any other trouble spots.

The present disclosure relates to an intelligent internet of things (IoT) monitoring system, and in particular to techniques (e.g., systems, methods, computer program products storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for the implementation of an IoT solution to manage urinary incontinence. Some aspects are directed to the concept of a management platform that allows for end users such as health care providers, caretakers, or medical personnel to manage and monitor one or more subjects through one or more client devices using a network of sensors and IoT devices. Other aspects are directed the concept of a data analysis system configured to train and deploy one or more prediction models for analysis and tracking metrics of health or wellbeing for the one or more subjects.

The invention discloses an integrated monitoring and diagnosis system for dysuria and urinary incontinence based on intelligent sensing, and the system comprises a bladder emptying evaluation module which is used for tracking the form and capacity change of the bladder in real time, and evaluating whether the bladder is completely emptied; the detrusor contraction function evaluation module is used for monitoring the contraction strength and coordination of the detrusor in real time and judging whether the detrusor works normally or not; the bladder pressure evaluation module is used for evaluating the bladder compliance and the detrusor muscle function by monitoring the elastic change and the pressure change of the bladder wall; the urine flow rate measuring module is used for measuring the bladder form change and the urine flow rate in real time and evaluating the urine flow rate; the urethra obstruction and bladder outlet obstruction evaluation module is used for evaluating whether the urethra or the bladder outlet is obstructed or not by monitoring the morphological change and pressure change of the bladder and the urethra in real time; and the data analysis and intelligent diagnosis module is used for providing urination disorder diagnosis and treatment suggestions. The accuracy and operability of urination disorder diagnosis are improved, and the clinical decision-making process is optimized.

The present invention relates to a device for the prevention and / or treatment of fecal and / or urinary incontinence. The device may fit into a vagina. The device may include a pressure sensor and electrodes. The device may include a lateral projection on the device and / or a skin of the device. In response to intra-abdominal pressure the device may apply electrostimulation with the electrodes, for example to a vaginal mucosa.

This invention relates to features of an absorbent article designed to be worn by men for containing and absorbing discharges resulting from urinary incontinence, where the absorbent article is thin and conforms to the male anatomy.

The invention relates to a urinary incontinence treatment rehabilitation instrument and a urine collecting device with the same, the urinary incontinence treatment rehabilitation instrument comprises a power generator, a wire and an electrode patch, the electrode patch is electrically connected with the power generator through the wire, and underpants in the urine collecting device comprise an underpants rear piece and an underpants front piece. The bottom of the underpants rear piece is fixedly connected with the bottom of the underpants front piece, the left side and the right side of the top end of the underpants rear piece extend forwards to form connecting belts, and the ends of the connecting belts are connected with the top end of the underpants front piece through hook-and-loop fasteners. A medical film is arranged on the periphery of the urine outlet hole in the face, facing the human body, of the underpants front piece; a urine receiving opening, a urine receiving cavity and a urine outlet on the urine receiver are communicated in sequence; urine storage tubes in the urine collection bag are sequentially folded and fixedly placed from top to bottom; the urine receiving device is fixedly connected to the underpants front piece of the underpants and located on the face, back to the human body, of the underpants front piece, and the urine outlet hole in the underpants is connected with the urine receiving opening in the urine receiving device. The food packaging box is more sanitary and safer.

Systems and methods utilizing RF energy to treat a patient's skin (e.g., dermis and hypodermis) or other target tissue including at a depth below a tissue surface (e.g., skin surface, mucosal surfaces of the vagina or esophagus) are provided herein. In various aspects, the methods and systems described herein can provide a RF-based treatment in which the deposition of RF energy can be selectively controlled to help ensure heating uniformity during one or more of body sculpting treatment (lipolysis), skin tightening treatment (laxity improvement), cellulite treatment, vaginal laxity or rejuvenation treatment, urinary incontinence treatment, fecal incontinence treatment, all by way of non-limiting examples. In various aspects, the systems can comprise one or more sources of RF energy (e.g., a RF generator), a treatment applicator comprising one or more electrode arrays configured to be disposed in contact with a tissue surface, and a return electrode (e.g., a neutral pad) to the tissue surface.

The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for managing a shape of a junction between a bladder and urethra, for example, to promote urinary continence after a prostatectomy.

Most current incontinence detection systems are expensive, difficult to use, uncomfortable to wear, or suffer limitations in the scope of detected events. However, the present invention features an incontinence detection system that uses inexpensive technologies and is disposable. The system can indicate the degree and persistence of wetness. The degree of wetness can be measured across various factors, including geometrical coverage via multiple independent detection points, each comprising a “detection cell.” A suitably networked system can determine the time and location of wetness. Each cell might be tuned for various factors such as material fluid affinity and exposure area. An advantage of the invention is the ease with which it can be adapted to distinguish fecal incontinence as distinct from urinary incontinence; both forms of incontinence can be monitored using the same system described herein. Another advantage includes the ability to estimate urine salinity.

A biocompatible hydrogel composition for use in biomedical applications is disclosed. The composition comprises a silk fibroin-based hydrogel, a crosslinkable compound, a photoinitiator, and upconversion nanoparticles. The silk fibroin-based hydrogel is configured to form filaments and a scaffold in vivo upon exposure to ultraviolet light triggered by near-infrared light. The composition is particularly useful in the treatment of stress urinary incontinence, where it is injected into a patient's urethral tissue (14) and exposed to near-infrared light to trigger ultraviolet light emission from the upconversion nanoparticles, thereby initiating crosslinking of the silk fibroin-based hydrogel.

The field of devices for the draining urine that are attached to the penis of a patient, in particular a patient with urinary incontinence, without a medical glue or adhesive. The device includes a balanic sheath and an attachment system, wherein the balanic sheath includes a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the balanic sheath having a frustoconical inner surface and an outer surface each having a distal end having a small diameter and a proximal end having a large diameter, wherein the attachment system is configured to hold the retracted foreskin on the outer surface of the proximal portion, the balanic sheath including a distal portion extending the proximal portion with an outer surface having a protrusion, such that the retracted foreskin is held by the attachment system between the proximal portion and the distal portion.

A female external urinary incontinence management device has a concave panel with a perpendicularly extending rim along its periphery and an outwardly extending flange along the top of the rim. A drainage outlet in the panel may be connected to a drainage to from a urine suction. An absorbent pad having a thickness less the height of the rim lies flush against the panel over the drainage outlet. When applied to a patient such that the flange lies flush against the patient's pubic region, the device forms a void such that the pad does not rub against the vulva.

The present invention relates to a compound represented by the following general formula (I) or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. The present compound has an excellent adrenergic α1A receptor agonistic action, and is useful as a preventive or therapeutic drug for orthostatic hypotension, essential hypotension, acute hypotension associated with various diseases or conditions, and urinary incontinence.[In the formula, R1 represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C3 alkyl group; and Z is selected from the group consisting of a substituted phenylamino group, a substituted phenyloxy group, a substituted phenylthio group, a substituted thienylamino group, and the like.]

A fluid pressure amplifying and transmitting device for improving urinary continence function is provided, which includes a first balloon, a second balloon, a first communicating tube and a second communicating tube, where the first balloon and the second balloon are both elastic bodies; the inner diameter of the first communicating tube is larger than that of the second communicating tube; the first communicating tube and the second communicating tube are both communicated between the first balloon and the second balloon, and the first balloon, the second balloon, the first communicating tube and the second communicating tube are filled with fluid; a first check valve with the flow direction from the first balloon to the second balloon is communicated on the first communicating tube; a second check valve with the flow direction from the second balloon to the first balloon is communicated on the second communicating tube.

The invention discloses an anti-reflux urine collector for urinary incontinence patients, and belongs to the field of medical instruments, the anti-reflux urine collector comprises a urinary catheterization tank, a fixing sleeve is fixedly connected to the upper surface of the urinary catheterization tank, a piston is slidably connected to the interior of the fixing sleeve, and a hard catheter is fixedly connected to the interior of the piston; anti-backflow assemblies for preventing backflow of urine are arranged on the two sides of the interior of the urine guide tank. When the catheterization tank inclines by a certain angle, urine can enter the L-shaped plate, the urine is collected on one side of the catheterization tank, the urine cannot make contact with the connecting pipe to flow out, backflow of the urine is avoided, and even if the catheterization tank is higher than the bladder and turns over, the urine can rapidly fall in the catheterization tank, so that the urine is prevented from flowing out. When the urine collector is used, urine can quickly fall into the two L-shaped plates to be collected, most urine is effectively prevented from flowing back, a small part of urine flows into the connecting pipe, the influence is small, the pain of a patient is reduced, and the experience comfort of the urine collector is improved.

The present disclosure relates to an intelligent internet of things (IoT) monitoring system, and in particular to techniques (e.g., systems, methods, computer program products storing code or instructions executable by one or more processors) for the implementation of an IoT solution to manage urinary incontinence. Some aspects are directed to the concept of a management platform that allows for end users such as health care providers, caretakers, or medical personnel to manage and monitor one or more subjects through one or more client devices using a network of sensors and IoT devices. Other aspects are directed the concept of a data analysis system configured to train and deploy one or more prediction models for analysis and tracking metrics of health or wellbeing for the one or more subjects.

The invention relates to therapeutic compositions, solid oral dosage forms, and methods for treating, preventing, or alleviating lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), erectile dysfunction (ED), urinary incontinence, bladder obstruction, overactive bladder (OAB), underactive bladder, interstitial cystitis, prostatitis, bladder and prostate inflammation, prostate fibrosis or pelvic pain. The therapeutic compositions can comprise cranberry powder enriched in cranberry seeds or cranberry seed meal.

An implantable article and methods of construction and use for the treatment of soft tissue defects that impact a patient's quality of life, such as a pelvic floor injury that results in urinary incontinence. The implantable article includes an implant assembly of a support member that can have anchoring zones, accelerated ingrowth zones, and support zones. The support assembly or its zones are constructed in various ways and with various materials to selectively control the location and rate of implant absorption and tissue ingrowth. The result is the formation of a tissue bridge or hybrid tissue bridge with reinforcing members.

The present disclosure relates to the field of urinary drainage devices that are attached to the penis of a patient, particularly a patient suffering from urinary incontinence, without the use of medical glue or adhesives, the device comprising a glans penis sheath and an attachment system (100), the glans penis sheath comprising a proximal portion, the proximal portion of the glans penis sheath having a frustoconical inner and outer surface, each of the inner and outer surfaces comprising a distal end having a small diameter (Dd) and a proximal end having a large diameter (Dp), the attachment system (100) configured to hold a retracted foreskin on the outer surface of the proximal portion, the glans penis sheath comprising a distal portion extending to the proximal portion, the distal portion having an outer surface with a protuberance (B), such that the retracted foreskin is held by the attachment system (100) between the proximal and distal portions.

The present invention relates to a urinary incontinence clamp device for men utilizing magnetic force and, more particularly, to a urinary incontinence clamp device for men characterized in that, as a second clamp unit slides along an inner surface of a first clamp unit, the penis is gradually secured by a penile fixing portion, whereby the force applied to the penis is gradually exerted, reducing impact force applied to the penis, and thereby improving wearing comfort by preventing pain in the penis during fixation.

The invention relates to an ointment-containing adult diaper specially developed for adult patients suffering from urinary and fecal incontinence, comprising an ointment layer (1) containing zinc oxide, petrolatum, lanolin, aloe vera, panthenol, and vegetable oils (capric / caprylic triglyceride, stearyl alcohol, sweet almond oil, olive oil, calendula officinalis flower extract, hamamelis virginiana (witch hazel) extract), which protects the skin from irritation, moisturizes it, and provides a healing effect, and further comprising absorbent, liquid distribution, and breathable outer layers that protect skin health.

The application discloses a female stress urinary incontinence acupuncture treatment optimization method based on multi-modal data fusion, and belongs to the technical field of intelligent auxiliary medical treatment. The method comprises the following steps: through a three-level representation learning subnetwork comprising modal difference extraction, cross-modal attention alignment and fusion feature enhancement, unified representation learning is performed on multi-source data such as patient baseline features, pelvic floor image sequences, electromyographic signals and curative effect indexes; based on the representation and treatment parameters, a dynamic time sequence kernel fusion method is used to predict the treatment state change trend of the patient at multiple future time points; finally, a state-scheme cross attention mechanism is introduced, and combined with the prediction result and historical treatment scheme features, an individualized acupuncture acupoint, manipulation strength and treatment cycle optimization suggestion is adaptively output. The application realizes an end-to-end intelligent diagnosis and treatment closed loop from data fusion, curative effect prediction to scheme recommendation, and improves the accuracy and clinical effect of acupuncture treatment.

The invention discloses a urinary incontinence prediction device and method based on machine learning, and relates to the technical field of urinary incontinence prediction. The method comprises the steps that a database is built on the basis of the device, and the database comprises electronic data of urinary incontinence disease screening; preprocessing the data in the database; selecting features related to urinary incontinence from the preprocessed data; dividing data into a training set and a test set, and introducing a cost function to optimize the initial XGBoost prediction model to obtain an optimized function; and performing prediction by using the optimized XGBoost function so as to solve prediction data of related urinary incontinence prediction. The device comprises a bladder pressure monitor body, a display screen is fixedly arranged on the front face of the bladder pressure monitor body, a pressure measuring connector is arranged at the top of the bladder pressure monitor body, a catheter is arranged on one side of the bladder pressure monitor body, and a cleaning device is arranged on the front face of the bladder pressure monitor body. And a first motor is arranged in the cleaning device. By arranging the first motor, the lead screw, the nut seat and the cleaning rod, the first motor drives the lead screw to rotate, the rotating lead screw drives the nut seat and the cleaning rod to vertically move, the vertically moving cleaning rod can clean the surface of the display screen, attached dust is cleaned down, and the display screen is kept clean; and dust is prevented from hindering a worker to read bladder pressure monitoring data displayed on the display screen.

The invention relates to a multifunctional perineal and vaginal exercise device that reduces the routine use of episiotomy application in order to ensure that every period of a woman's life is quality and comfortable, prevents urinary incontinence for menopausal women, puts an end to painful sexual intercourse, is ergonomic, portable, low cost, can be used both in the hospital and at home, meets the privacy requirement, and can be easily applied by the woman herself.

An implantable stimulation system is provided having a stimulation unit coupled to a programmable controller, a stimulation circuit, and an electrode array disposed on a pair of flexible blades for selectively stimulating at least one pelvic nerve, such as a cavernous nerve. The implantable stimulation system may be programmed to run a first sequence of stimulation pulses, the first stimulation pulse sequence corresponds to a first pattern for inducing a rapid erection reaction to achieve sexual behavior and potential ejaculation, a second pattern for inducing a rapid erection reaction sufficient to facilitate a medical procedure, such as applying a catheter, a third neurological rehabilitation stimulation pattern for restoring neurotransmission to treat urinary incontinence and / or intestinal dysfunction, and / or a fourth penis rehabilitation pattern for reducing penis fibrosis. A method of operating the system is also provided.

A medical device for reducing incontinence can be dimensioned to be placed in an interior region of a subject surrounded by muscle tissue. The medical device can include a first balloon having an interior space containing a fluid. The proximal end of a first fluid conduit can be coupled to an outlet of the first balloon. The medical device can also include a pressure sensing detector coupled to a distal end of the first fluid conduit. The pressure sensing detector can include a second balloon. The second balloon can also be in fluid communication with the interior space of the first balloon. The first balloon can be compressed from the contraction of the muscle tissue, which can displace a portion of the fluid within the interior space of the first balloon. The portion of fluid moves towards the second balloon and causes the second balloon to increase in interior volume thereby indicating a contraction force of the muscle tissue.

The disclosure provides improved methods and devices to create a hammock effect to stabilize the urethra without creating an incision in the abdomen or the vagina, and without using a surgical mesh. Such implementations can also leave no permanent material in the body. The simplicity afforded by such procedures and methods permits treatment of patients on an outpatient basis, and avoids risks and disadvantages associated with the installation of a permanent mesh.

The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for managing a shape of a junction between a bladder and urethra, for example, to promote urinary continence after a prostatectomy.

The disclosure relates to apparatus and methods for managing a shape of a junction between a bladder and urethra, for example, to promote urinary continence after a prostatectomy.