159 results about "Urinary retention" patented technology

Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of the pudendal and sacral nerves, or portions thereof, and optional means for delivering drugs in association therewith. Two or more electrical stimulation regimes are applied on a continuous, alternating, intermittent or other basis to the sacral and pudendal nerves, and optionally one or more drugs are infused, injected or otherwise administered, to appropriate portions of a patient's pelvic floor and pudendal nerve and/or sacral nerve, or portions thereof, in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary and/or fecal voiding dysfunctions such as constipation, incontinence disorders such as urge frequency and urinary retention disorders, sexual dysfunctions such as orgasmic and erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.

Transcutaneous electrical and magnetic nerve stimulation devices are disclosed, along with methods of treating lower urinary tract disorders using energy that is delivered noninvasively by the devices. The disorders comprise overactive bladder, urge incontinence, stress, incontinence, urge frequency, non-obstructive urinary retention and interstitial cystitis/painful bladder syndrome. In preferred embodiments of the disclosed methods, a posterior tibial nerve of a patient is stimulated non-invasively. Methods are disclosed for selecting protocol parameters for a nerve stimulation session for treating each individual patient, wherein modules of the bladder of the patient are represented as coupled non-linear oscillators.

Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of the pudendal or other nerves, and optional means for delivering drugs in association therewith. A method of precisely positioning and implanting a medical electrical lead so as to provide optimal stimulation of the pudendal nerve or a portion thereof is also described. Placement of a stimulation lead next to or on the pudendal nerve may be performed using conventional prior art techniques through gross anatomical positioning, but usually does not result in truly optimal lead placement. One method of the present invention utilizes neurophysiological monitoring to assess the evoked responses of the pudendal nerve, and thereby provide a method for determining the optimal stimulation site. Additionally, one or more electrical stimulation signals are applied, and optionally one or more drugs are infused, injected or otherwise administered, to appropriate portions of a patient's pelvic floor and pudendal nerve or portions thereof in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary and/or fecal voiding dysfunctions such as constipation, incontinence disorders such as urge frequency and urinary retention disorders, sexual dysfunctions such as orgasmic and erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.

Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of the pudendal and sacral nerves, or portions thereof, and optional means for delivering drugs in association therewith. Two or more electrical stimulation regimes are applied on a continuous, alternating, intermittent or other basis to the sacral and pudendal nerves, and optionally one or more drugs are infused, injected or otherwise administered, to appropriate portions of a patient's pelvic floor and pudendal nerve and/or sacral nerve, or portions thereof, in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary and/or fecal voiding dysfunctions such as constipation, incontinence disorders such as urge frequency and urinary retention disorders, sexual dysfunctions such as orgasmic and erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.

Described are implantable devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by delivering one or more drugs to a patient's hypogastric nerve or branches or portions thereof, prostatic plexus nerve or branches or portions thereof, sacral splanchnic nerve or branches or portions thereof, pelvic splanchnic nerve or branches or portions thereof, prostate or branches or portions thereof, pelvic floor, colon or branches or portions thereof, bladder or portions thereof, vagina or portions thereof, anus or portions thereof, external anal sphincter or portions thereof, urethra or portions thereof, penile dorsal nerve or portions thereof, inferior rectal nerves or branches or portions thereof, perineal nerves or branches or portions thereof, scrotal nerves or branches or portions thereof, scrotum or portions thereof, Alcock's Canal or branches or portions thereof, sacro-tuberous ligament or branches or portions thereof, ischial tuberosity or branches or portions thereof, greater sciatic foramen or branches or portions thereof, or lesser sciatic foramen or branches or portions thereof. One, two or more drug delivery regimes are provided on a continuous, alternating, intermittent or other basis to one or more selected nerves, nerve portions or tissues in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary and/or fecal voiding dysfunctions such as constipation, incontinence disorders such as urge frequency and urinary retention disorders, sexual dysfunctions such as orgasmic and erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.

The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for modulation of the sympathetic-parasympathetic balance by application of heat, carotid and/or ocular message to reduce sympathetic tone or increase parasympathetic tone in a target muscle system to relieve a symptom of urinary hesitancy, shy bladder syndrome, DESD, urinary retention, or laryngeal spasm, as well as to monitor the efficacy of treatments for bladder conditions and to assist in the passage of medical devices through bodily sphincters as well as to treat congestive heart failure.

A once-a-day oral milnacipran pulsatile release composition has been developed that releases the drug in spaced apart “pulses”. The dosage forms are comprised of first, second and optional third dosage units, with each dosage unit having a different drug release profile. This dosage form provides in vivo drug plasma levels characterized by C_max below 3000 ng/ml, preferably below 2000 ng/ml, and most preferably below 1000 ng/ml. The composition provides pulsatile release of milnacipran to produce a therapeutic effect over approximately 24 hours, when administered to a patient in need, resulting in diminished incidence or decreased intensity of common milnacipran side effects such as sleep disturbance, nausea, vomiting, headache, tremulousness, anxiety, panic attacks, palpitations, urinary retention, orthostatic hypotension, diaphoresis, chest pain, rash, weight gain, back pain, constipation, vertigo, increased sweating, agitation, hot flushes, tremors, fatigue, somnolence, dyspepsia, dysoria, nervousness, dry mouth, abdominal pain, irritability, and insomnia.

A partial-length catheter, or an extendable tube or sleeve member of the catheter, is selectively movable within the prostatic urethra to open a urine drainage passageway through and obstructed portion of the prostatic urethra or to open the external urinary sphincter muscle and thereby discharge urine from the bladder. A control element is manipulated at a position exterior of the urinary canal to selectively move the catheter or the extendable tube or sleeve member, thereby selectively controlling urine discharge. The catheter may also be used to diagnose urinary retention problems caused by a weak bladder or a prostatic obstruction.

The present invention relates to an implantable apparatus for obtaining urinary control and emptying of the urinary bladder, thereby preventing from or treating involuntary urinary retention. In general terms, the apparatus comprises an expandable member adapted to be implanted inside the urinary bladder of the patient for discharging urine, and a control device for controlling the volume of the expandable member. The control device is adapted to be connected to the expandable member through the wall of the urinary bladder.

The invention discloses a sacral nerve stimulation system, which comprises an implanted nerve stimulator, a stimulator programmed controller and a stimulating electrode, wherein the implanted nerve stimulator comprises a MCU (micro-programmed control unit) control module, a special chip, a protection circuit module, a power management module and a radio frequency communication module; the stimulator programmed controller comprises an ARM control module, a USB communication module, a charger module, a medical implanted equipment special communication module, a storage module, a display module and a key module; the stimulating electrode is connected to the special chip; and sacral nerves are directly stimulated after a stimulating pulse is received. The implant stimulator disclosed by the invention, by generating lasting electric pulse, can conduct electric stimulation on target nerves in a plurality of parts; the implant stimulator is controlled by the stimulator programmed controller in vitro; and the stimulation system achieves a satisfying effect when applied to such fields as uracratia, urinary retention, Parkinson, spinal neuralgia, peripheral electrical stimulation therapy and the like.

The present invention related to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions, including urinary retention. This is accomplished by administration of a botulinum toxin into the lower urinary tract of a patient with urinary retention, including the bladder or urinary sphincter and the bladder wall.

Described are devices and methods for treating various disorders of the pelvic floor by means of electrical stimulation of the pudendal nerves, and means for delivering one or more drugs in association with such electrical stimulation therapies. One or more electrical stimulation signals are applied, and one or more drugs are infused, injected or otherwise administered, to appropriate portions of a patient's pelvic floor and the pudendal nerves or portions thereof in an amount and manner effective to treat a number of disorders, including, but not limited to, urinary voiding dysfunction, fecal voiding dysfunction, constipation, stress incontinence, urge incontinence, urinary retention disorder, sexual dysfunction, orgasmic dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, pelvic pain, prostatitis, prostatalgia and prostatodynia.

The present invention is directed to methods and apparatus for modulation of the sympathetic-parasympathetic balance by application of heat, carotid and/or ocular message to reduce sympathetic tone or increase parasympathetic tone in a target muscle system to relieve a symptom of urinary hesitancy, shy bladder syndrome, DESD, urinary retention, or laryngeal spasm, as well as to monitor the efficacy of treatments for bladder conditions and to assist in the passage of medical devices through bodily sphincters as well as to treat congestive heart failure.

There is disclosed a method of treating various diseases caused by micro-vasculature circulation problems, including, but not limited to, vascular insufficiency, phantom pain, diabetic neuropathy, neuropathic pain, autoimmune/inflammatory diseases (e.g., multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, Crohn's Disease, lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyalgia rheumatica, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, sarcoidosis), urinary retention, lymphoedema, and chronic renal insufficiency. Specifically, there is disclosed a treatment providing an effective amount of an acetyl cholinesterase inhibitor compound (or combination of compounds) to treat one or a plurality of microvasculature diseases.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating uroschesis and prostatitis as well as a preparation method and an application thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition is prepared by using platycodon root, rhizoma cimicifugae, almond with peel, semen plantaginis, rhizome of oriental water plantain, poria, lightred tuckahoe, phellodendron chinense schneid., rhizoma anemarrhenae and cortex cinnamomi as raw materials. The platycodon root, the rhizoma cimicifugae and the almond with peel are acted into the lung channels and play a role of releasing the lung and stretching, thereby regulating the urinary passages and dredging the bladder; the semen plantaginis and the rhizome of oriental water plantain have the function of promoting urination; and the phellodendron chinense schneid., the rhizoma anemarrhenae and the cortex cinnamomi are pills for tonifying the kidney and have the function of clearing downward flow of damp and heat, promoting the functioning of bladder, and treating heat stagnating in bladder, urodialysis, abdominal distension and wet and pain urinary passages. The composition has no toxic or side effects, convenient taking, free urine, remarkable effect, high cure rate and worth of popularization and application in clinic.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medical composition for treating postpartum urinary retention. The traditional Chinese medical composition for treating postpartum urinary retention consists of astragalus mongholicus, angelica sinensis, codonopsis pilosula, poria cocos, fried rhizoma atractylodis macrocephalae, rhizoma alismatis, cassia twig, fructus psoraleae, rattletop, radix bupleuri, almond, ligusticum wallichii, flowers carthami and honey-fried licorice root by certain weigh percent. The traditional Chinese medical composition has the function of tonifying middle-Jiao and Qi, eliminating dampness and diuresis and clearing heat and dispersing blood stasis, and can be effectively used for treating postpartum urinary retention.

The invention discloses a feed for treating the urinary retention of a sow and a preparation method of the feed. The feed comprises the following raw materials: corn, millet, soybean meal, peanut meal, fish meal, wax gourd powder, calcium hydrophosphate, plasma protein powder, vitamin C, vitamin D, salt and traditional Chinese medicine additives. The feed and the preparation method have the beneficial effects that the feed contains the traditional Chinese medicine additives for treating the urinary retention of the sow; according to the main treatment principles of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, softening hardness, dissipating stagnation, tonifying Qi and nourishing kidney, the traditional Chinese medicine additives and other feed raw materials are matched with each other and co-act; the feed has the advantages of high cure rate, quick efficiency, no medicine residue and low cost for treating the urinary retention of the sow, and is capable of improving the self disease resistance of an organism.

Device and method for correcting urinary incontinence and urinary retention, by implanting a urinary flow control device for elective user control of urinary function in male and female patients. The device is a mechanical valve to a natural or artificial bladder, and includes a to reach the abdominal wall of the patient. Preferably a bladder anti-prolapse skirt is attached between the bladder and control valve. The device provides a urine flow channel that passes through the valve from one side to the other of a valve seat where an actuator with a mating stopper is controlled to open and close the valve at the election of the user with an external controller. The valve is an occlusion type (seat with stopper), or a pinch type. The flow channel may be an artificial urethra passing through a pinch valve.