265 results about "Urinary tract function" patented technology

A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable device substantially identical to the first disposable device. The disposable devices have a working portion with opposed faces to provide support to an associated urinary system and, optionally, an anchoring portion to maintain the disposable device in place during use. The working portion also has. The working portion also has an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 10 to about 25 mm and a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 25 to about 35 mm under an expansion pressure of about 20 to about 150 cm H2O.

A method for treating urinary incontinence includes the steps of inserting into the woman's vagina a first disposable device, removing the first disposable device, and inserting a second disposable device substantially identical to the first disposable device. The disposable devices have a generally cylindrical working portion with opposed faces to provide support to an associated urinary system and an anchoring portion to maintain the disposable device in place during use. The working portion also has an initial equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 170 mm, an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 5 to about 25 mm, a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 40 mm and a length ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm. The anchoring portion also has an initial equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm, an insertion equivalent diameter ranging from about 10 to about 25 mm, a use equivalent diameter ranging from about 20 to about 60 mm and a length ranging from about 10 to about 50 mm.

An intravaginal urinary incontinence device has an insertion end and an opposed withdrawal end. The device has a resilient frame including a working portion disposed proximate the withdrawal end and an anchoring portion disposed proximate the insertion end. The working portion has a resilient structure having a plurality of connected elongate elements arranged and configured to define opposed working surfaces for providing support to an associated urinary system. The anchoring portion extends beyond the working portion and has a plurality of connected elongate elements arranged and configured to expand laterally within a user's vagina. The elongate elements are formed of a high modulus polymer having an elongation at yield of at least 3% and an elastic modulus of at least 2 Gpa.

The present invention relates to a method for the early diagnosis of neoplastic disorders such as cancers as well as their precursor stages, particularly cancers of the respiratory tract, the urinary system, the reproductive tract, cancer associated with HPV infection or cancer of the anogenital tract, from solubilized body samples. The invention is also directed to test kits usable for this purpose as well as in-vitro diagnostic devices. The development of the kits and in-vitro diagnostic devices for the above purpose is also one aspect of the present invention.

The invention relates to the technical field of a medical instrument, particularly to ureteroscope with a flexible end and a retractable sheath, which is used for diagnosis and treatment of urinary system diseases. The ureteroscope comprises the retractable sheath (1) and an endoscope (2), wherein the retractable sheath (1) is a columnar hollow conduit provided with a retractable sheath handle (1.1) at the end above, a bushing port (1.2) matched with two limiting balls (2.3) on the endoscope (2) is arranged inside the retractable sheath handle, and the endoscope (2) is constituted by an eyepiece (2.7), a focal length adjusting knob (2.6), a light guide bundle interface (2.5), a gyration radius adjusting switch (2.8), a lens deflection direction adjusting knob (2.9) and a lens (2.4). The ureteroscope has the advantages that both the gyration radius and the bending angle of a flexible section (2.11) at the end of the endoscope can be adjusted according to needs so as to realize safe and efficient diagnosis and therapeutic surgery on the urinary system diseases related to ureter, pelvis and kidney calyces.

A novel dietary supplement or therapeutic composition is provided that serves to treat lower urinary tract disorders or to support normal urinary tract function in animals. The supplement comprises a thymoquinone formulation and at least one member of the group consisting of cranberry fruit, cranberry extract, cranberry juice and a pharmaceutical grade methionine.

Systems for and methods of assessing lower urinary tract function from urinary flow data via sound analysis and user-provided information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of frequency, urgency and urge incontinence. Embodiments of the LUTS assessment systems include a computer and a telephone or a digital recording mechanism to capture the sound of one or more urination events, which are stored as audio files in a database. The LUTS assessment systems may include sound analysis software for analyzing the strength and duration of each urination event and may include a web-based software application for viewing the results via the Internet or other network. The database stores information from multiple urination events, and combined with information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms, serves as an objective tool to assess bladder function and monitor progression of disease or therapy effectiveness.

The invention discloses an antibacterial composite material, which is composed of an antibacterial amphiphilic biological carbon material and resin. The antibacterial amphiphilic biological carbon material is prepared by modifying the surface of an amphiphilic biological carbon material with quaternized polyethyleneimine through a covalent bond with the amphiphilic biological carbon material as a carrier. Hydrophobic resin is uniformly doped with the antibacterial amphiphilic biological carbon material to form the antibacterial composite material. A preparation method is simple in process and easy to carry out. The novel antibacterial material is ecological and environment-friendly, is toxic-free and is not liable to permeate through skin. A finish product is durable and stable in antibacterial effect. When being used for producing medical apparatus and instruments, such as catheters and the like, the antibacterial composite material can significantly reduce the infection rate of urinary system, thereby reducing patient suffering and reducing treatment cost. The invention also discloses the preparation method of the composite material.

A monitoring system and method are presented for use in monitoring a condition of a patient's urinary system. The monitoring system comprises an acoustic assembly comprising at least one acoustic receiver adapted for receiving acoustic signals during a patient's urination and generating data indicative thereof. The monitoring system also includes a control unit that is in communication with said acoustic assembly. The control unit is configured and operable for analyzing said generated data indicative of the continuously received acoustic signals during a patient's urination, obtaining a time variation of the acoustic signal during the urination and determining a corresponding spectral data of the acoustic signal. The control unit further analyzes the spectral data and, upon detecting at least one first signal peak corresponding to a condition of turbulence in the urine flow, determining a relation between said first signal peak and a second signal peak corresponding to a condition of laminar urine flow. Based on said relation, the control unit determines the condition of a patient's low urinary system and generating output data indicative thereof.

The present invention provides one kind of Chinese medicine preparation for treating urinary system calculus and urinary tract infection and its preparation process. The Chinese medicine preparation has functions of clearing away heat, promoting diuresis, treating stranguria, diminishing inflammation, relieving pain and removing urinary calculus. It is used in treating urinary calculus, renal colic, urinary tract infection and other urinary tract diseases.

The invention relates to an internal extracting device for calculus cavities of urinary systems. The internal extracting device comprises a guide tube and a guide wire. A net basket is arranged at a far end of the guide wire, a calculus extracting pocket is fixed onto the net basket and is in the shape of an elongated pocket by means of pre-plasticizing, an opening is formed in a surface of a near end of the calculus extracting pocket, and tiny holes are further formed in the calculus extracting pocket. The internal extracting device for the calculus cavities of the urinary systems has the advantages that large quantities of broken calculi, blood clots and pus clots can be extracted by the internal extracting device at one step, the internal extracting device is free of constraints of the inner diameters of the lumens of the ureters or the inner diameters of operation channels, broken calculus missing in calculus extracting procedures can be prevented, and the broken calculi can be effectively prevented from being poured into the kidneys by water current; injury to the walls of the ureters due to the broken calculi can be prevented, and accordingly the internal extracting device is safe and reliable.

The present invention relates to a method for the early diagnosis of neoplastic disorders such as cancers as well as their precursor stages, particularly cancers of the respiratory tract, the urinary system, the reproductive tract, cancer associated with HPV infection or cancer of the anogenital tract, from solubilized body samples. The development of the kits and in-vitro diagnostic devices for the above purpose is also one aspect of the present invention.

A stable nutritional supplement composition for oral administration comprising about 71% by weight, of a tomato extract containing therein at least 2% to 10% by weight of lycopene, 0.25% to 2% by weight of phytoene, and 0.2% to 2% by weight of phytofluene, and about 29% by weight, of a suitable encapsulating matrix. A suitable encapsulating matrix is an edible oil exemplified by soya oil, pumpkin seed oil, grape-seed oil and the like. The tomato extract may additionally comprise one or more of at least one carotene selected from the group comprising β-carotene, γ-carotene, and δ-carotene, a phytosterol, a tocopheral and a phospholipid. The tomato extract may be further processed into oleoresin emulsions, or into beadlets, or into dry powders. Methods for ameliorating the effects of aging-related urinary tract malfunctions in men, comprising orally administrating on a regular basis, an effective amount of the nutritional supplement compositions disclosed herein.

The invention provides a preparation method of a malan straw extract, a malan straw product, a pharmaceutical composition and an application thereof. The preparation method comprises the following steps: selecting a right amount of malan straw, crushing into coarse powder or intermediate powder, extracting 2-3 times by decoction in water or by ethanol / petroleum ether refluxing with 1-2 hours for each time, filtering, merging the filtrates, concentrating, and drying to obtain the malan straw extract. The preparation process of the malan straw extract is simple and practicable, and the obtained extract has obvious anti-inflammatory effect and pain-relieving effect and shows good effects for treating hepatitis, gynecologic inflammation, inflammation of urinary system, pneumonia and nephritis diseases, thereby achieving favorable application prospects.

The invention discloses liver-protecting and health-maintaining tea which is prepared from pericarpium citri tangerinae, siraitia grosvenorii, chrysanthemums, roses, mint leaves and flos lonicerae in weight ratios. The liver-protecting and health-maintaining tea has the effects of clearing heat and calming the liver, moistening lung and nourishing kidney, maintaining beauty and keeping young, soothing the liver and enlivening the spleen and the like; the liver-protecting and health-maintaining tea is sweet and fragrant, and is deeply popular with people; the components of the herbal tea are simple to prepare and have gentle drug properties and good effect; and the liver-protecting and health-maintaining tea can be used for preventing and treating liver diseases after being drunk, and also can be used for relieving lung diseases, diseases of a urinary system and intestines and stomach heat syndromes.

A monitoring system and method are presented for use in monitoring a condition of a patient's urinary system. The monitoring system comprises an acoustic assembly comprising at least one acoustic receiver adapted for continuously receiving acoustic signals during a patient's urination and generating data indicative thereof. The monitoring system also includes a control unit that is in communication with said acoustic assembly. The control unit is configured and operable for analyzing said generated data indicative of the continuously received acoustic signals during a patient's urination, obtaining a time variation of the acoustic signal during the urination and determining a corresponding spectral data of the acoustic signal. The control unit further analyzes the spectral data and, upon detecting at least one first signal peak corresponding to a condition of turbulence in the urine flow, determining a relation between said first signal peak and a second signal peak corresponding to a condition of laminar urine flow. Based on said relation, the control unit determines the condition of a patient's low urinary system and generating output data indicative thereof.

The invention discloses a method for culture of urine-derived pluripotent stem cells by virtue of in vitro small molecule induction. The method comprises the following steps: obtaining urine-derived cells from a human urine sample; carrying out in vitro small molecule induction and culturing on the obtained primary cells to obtain P1 generation hUSCs clones growing with adherence; picking up the hUSCs clones in good growing state to inoculate; and continuously carrying out continuous cell culture to obtain hUSCs with the cells which are elongated and good in state. The hUSCs prepared by the method disclosed by the invention, by virtue of induction, can be directionally differentiated to osteoblasts, adipose cells, skeletal muscle cells, nerve cells, fibroblasts or smooth muscle cells. The hUSCs are transplanted into a diabetic lower extremity ischemia model, and research results show that the hUSCs can remarkably enhance blood flow recovery and angiogenesis in an ischemia part. The hUSCs prepared by the method can be applied to treating and repairing diseased tissues and organs of diabetes and diabetic complications, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renovascular diseases, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, arthritis and the like as well as early-warning tumors of the urinary system and screening cell drugs.

The invention provides a Chinese medicine preparation capable of diminishing inflammation, relieving pains, resisting bacteria, expelling stone and benefiting gallbladder, a preparation method thereof and applications of the Chinese medicine preparation in preparing medicines for treating urinary system calculi, urinary tract infection, cholecystitis, gall-stone and prostatitis. According to the theory of Chinese medicines, through the experiment and screening for many years, the invention reselects raw drugs in the prescription, optimizes the preparation technology, greatly enhances the medicinal functions of promoting diuresis for stranguria and removing heat for detumescence, has unexpected obvious curative effect on treating urinary system diseases, and especially produces unexpected effects of resisting bacteria, resisting prostatitis, relieving pains and benefiting gallbladder which are not provided in the prior art. The Chinese medicine preparation of the invention exerts the traditional advantages of Chinese medicines, takes effect quickly, obviously improves the subjective symptom and the physical sign, and does not have obvious side effect.

The invention relates to a method for preparing a Polygonum capilalum extract and a Polygonum capilalum extract. The method for preparing Polygonum capilalum extract substantially comprises the following steps: (1), boiling fresh or dried aerial parts of Polygonum capitatum in water, filtering, and concentrating and drying the filtrate; and (2), extracting the dried product obtained in the step (1) with 76% to 84% ethanol, filtering, and concentrating and drying the filtrate, to obtain the Polygonum capitatum extract. The Polygonum capitatum extract can be used for preparing medicaments with effect of removing heat and dampness, medicaments for relieving stranguria by inducing diuresis, medicaments for treating infection or calculus of the urinary system, medicaments for treating pyelonephritis, medicaments with effects of removing toxic substances and removing blood stasis, medicaments with antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and analgesic effects and medicaments for treating prostatitis.

Apparatus and methods are provided, including a bladder stimulator that includes an elongate element adapted to pass through a urethra or adapted to pass through another opening in the bladder, an expandable body coupled to said elongate element, and an array of one or more stimulator contacts coupled to the expandable body, the array including at least one contact adapted to contact a portion of a bladder of a subject when the expandable body is inserted in the bladder and expanded. A controller stimulates the portion of the bladder by driving a pulse into the bladder via the contact, the pulse having a frequency of 5 Hz-1 kHz. Other applications are also described.

Systems for and methods of assessing lower urinary tract function from urinary flow data via sound analysis and user-provided information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of frequency, urgency and urge incontinence. Embodiments of the LUTS assessment systems include a computer and a telephone or a digital recording mechanism to capture the sound of one or more urination events, which are stored as audio files in a database. The LUTS assessment systems may include sound analysis software for analyzing the strength and duration of each urination event and may include a web-based software application for viewing the results via the Internet or other network. The database stores information from multiple urination events, and combined with information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms, serves as an objective tool to assess bladder function and monitor progression of disease or therapy effectiveness.

The invention discloses a method for detecting a medicinal composition for treating urinary system diseases. The medicinal composition comprises 200-400 parts by weight of rhizoma dioscoreae hypoglaucae, 30-90 parts by weight of grassleaf sweelfal rhizome, 100-200 parts by weight of liquorice, 50-120 parts by weight of combined spicebush root, 20-80 parts by weight of fried sharpleaf galangal fruit, 200-300 parts by weight of dodder, 80-160 parts by weight of tuckahoe and the like. In the quality controlling method of the composition, the contents of diosgenin and glycyrrhizic acid are determined by adopting high performance liquid chromatography; and the rhizoma dioscoreae hypoglaucae, the grassleaf sweelfal rhizome, the liquorice, the fried sharpleaf galangal fruit and the combined spicebush root are subjected to qualitative thin layer identification. The composition has the efficacies of separating clear and resolving turbidity, warming kidney and removing dampness through diuresisand is used for the situations of the unsmooth flow of qi in the kidney, no separation of the clear from the turbid, frequent urination, as well as ongoing whitish turbidity.

Parametrical analysis of uroflowmetry test results to identify urological disorders particularly to distinguish men who have low urinary tract disorder / benign prostatic hyperplasia from those who have overactive bladder. Primary urine flow dynamic parameters and secondary urine flow dynamic parameters are calculated. Patient's urological disorders can be assessed by comparing the primary and secondary urine flow dynamic parameters with a library or database of comparable data derived from healthy or normal individuals as well as comparable data derived from individuals afflicted with specific urological disorders. A predictive model of lower urinary tract function disorders can be developed from existing reference primary and secondary urine flow dynamic parameters. The model allows for complex analysis and objective disease prediction.

The invention provides a health-care kidney tea, which is prepared from the following components in part by mass: 3 to 7 parts of kidney tea, 2 to 3 parts of dendrobium, 2 to 3 parts of lalang grass rhizome, 2 to 3 parts of coix seed, 3 to 7 parts of tea leaves and 3 to 5 parts of sugar. The health-care kidney tea not only fully utilizes the effects of the kidney tea of clearing heat and resolving toxin, promoting urination and expelling stones, multiple effects of the tea leaves, effects of dendrobium of promoting the secretion of body fluid and reinforcing the stomach, clearing heat and coursing wind, nourishing yin and strengthening the kidney, tonifying qi and clearing heat, tonifying the kidney and accumulating sperms, effects of the lalang grass rhizome of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, clearing heat and promoting urination, effects of coix seed of tonifying spleen, tonifying lung, clearing heat and removing dampness, but also reinforces the product to generate synergistic action. The health-care kidney tea has remarkable health-care effect on urinary system, and also has the effects of expelling stones, diminishing inflammation and promoting urination to ensure easy and smooth urination. The health-care kidney tea also has the characteristics of convenient taking, no toxic or side effect, wide universality and the like.

The present invention relates to a composition for prophylaxis or treatment of urinary system infection, comprising a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. The present invention also relates to a method for prophylaxis or treatment of urinary system infection, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment an effective amount of composition comprising a matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor.

The present invention relates to a Chinese medicine for effectively curing urolithiasis and urinary infection. It is made up by using 11 Chinese medicinal materials of desmodium, gizzard lining, alisma tuber, shaniu, astragalus root and others. Said invention also provides its preparation process and concrete steps.

The invention discloses a tomato yeast tableting candy and a preparation process thereof. The candy is prepared from the following raw materials in percentages by weight: 17-25% of rape flower powder,16-24% of pumpkin seed powder, 3-9% of yeast powder, 4-10% of turmeric powder, 8-16% of tomato powder, 18-26% of isomalt, 6-14% of microcrystalline cellulose, 0.5-2% of magnesium stearate and 0.5-2%of hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose. The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art, and with the scientific ratio and the mutual synergy of the rape flower powder, the pumpkin seed powder, the tomato powder, the turmeric powder and the yeast powder, the product has the functions of tonifying kidney, strengthening yang, preventing prostate diseases, urinary system and male sexual dysfunctions, improving men's reproductive ability, enhancing body's comprehensive immune functions, and helping prevent and treat other diseases. Moreover, all components are pure plant extracts, so that thecandy has no side effect, is convenient to eat, and has a large market prospect. Besides, a tableting method is used during production to retain the active ingredients of the raw materials to a maximum content.

The invention discloses a stone removing device for urinary system, which is composed of a pipe made of high molecular materials, wherein the two ends of the pipe are inwardly bent in opposite direction to obtain a circular shape like pig tail, the wall of the two ends of the pipe is opened with 3-5 side holes of diameter 0.1-0.8mm, and the middle section of the pipe is provided with 10-20 small pinch-and-swell form baskets that are formed by opening four openings on the surrounding wall of the pipe with equal intervals. The lower end of the pipe is provided with a ureter bladder marking point, the upper end of the pipe is provided with a kidney marking point, and the top of the pipe is in the shape of tapered tube with gradually decreased diameter. Because of the special small retractable pinch-and-swell form baskets, the stone removing success ratio is remarkably improved compared with the prior stone pinching baskets, and the detachment of pinched stone is avoided. The inventive pinch-and-swell structure takes good supporting effect to the ureter, so that the ureter may not be stopped by stones, and the urine in the kidney can smoothly reach bladder.