35 results about "Urinary tract stones" patented technology

A lithotripter is provided that includes a lithotripsy apparatus for treatment of a urinary tract stone by fragmentation. The lithotripsy apparatus includes a lithotripsy wave guide shaft configured to transmit an energy form to at least one urinary tract stone. The lithotripter includes a sensing device configured to provide signal data for determining optimal application of energy during treatment with the lithotripsy apparatus. The lithotripter includes a processor configured to collect the signal data and provide feedback to a user. The processor has a control logic configured to determine at least one of: a) if the lithotripsy wave guide shaft is in contact with a tissue; b) if the lithotripsy wave guide shaft is in contact with a stone; c) type of stone; d) if a user is applying force in excess of a predetermined threshold; and e) physical characteristics of a stone. A method is also provided.

The invention discloses a traditional Chinese medicine for treating urinary tract stones. The traditional Chinese medicine is prepared from the following raw material medicaments by weight: 30g of chicken's gizzard-membrane, 15g of Japanese climbing fern spore, 30g of mole cricket, 20g of longhairy antenoron herb, 30g of vanieria stem or root, 20g of fructus garedeniae, 15g of scutellaria baicalensis, 20g of pink herb, 20g of cluster mallow fruit, 20g of agaric, 20g of alisma and 15g of phellodendron. The raw material medicaments are aired to be dry and then crushed into extremely fine powder. The traditional Chinese medicine combines the raw material medicaments, has the effects of clearing heat and dampness, dissolving and breaking stones, promoting diuresis, reducing swelling and easing pain, treating stranguria and discharging stones and contributing to the discharging of stones, does not have toxic and side effects, and has low cost and the total efficiency of 100 percent.

The invention provides a drug for treating kidney stones. The drug comprises the following drugs by weight: 30-40g of Indian bread, 30-40g of Chinese yam, 30-40g of asiatic cornelian cherry fruit, 10-20g of tree peony root bark, 15-20g of oriental waterplantain rhizome, 60-80g of prepared rhizome of rehmannia, 20-30g of plantain seed, 40-60g of christina loosestrife, 20-30g of Japanese climbing fern spore, 6-10g of akebia trifoliata var.australis, 15-30g of inner membrane of chicken gizzard, 6-10g of liquorice, 10-20g of talcum, 20-30g of giant knotweed rhizome, 40-60g of semen coicis, 1.5-3g of amber and 1.5-3g of potassium nitrate. The drug can eliminate or alleviate the symptoms of patients in 1-3 days, does not have toxic or side effect, is suitable for old and weak patients, has quite stable effects, can be used for dissolving and removing big and small stones from bodies, can be used for removing urinary tract stones and bladder stones, has the functions of tonifying the liver and kidneys, eliminating dampness and heat, treating stranguria and removing stones, and has the advantages of low cost, easiness in obtainment of drugs and the like.

Methods and compositions for hydrating cats. Cats fed diets containing certain amounts and ratios of arachidonic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid will be sufficiently hydrated and at reduced risk for development of urinary stones, feline idiopathic cystitis, or FLUTD.

The invention discloses a preparation for treating urinary tract stones, which is prepared from the following medicaments in parts by weight: 15-45 parts of Desmodium styracifolium, 15-45 parts of herba pyrrosiae, 15-35 parts of common achyranthes herb, 10-30 parts of Japanese raspberry herb, 10-30 parts of centella asiatica, 5-25 parts of rhizome of oriental water plantain, 5-15 parts of radix achyranthis bidentatae and 5-15 parts of common burreed rhizome. In order to overcome shortages in the prior art, the invention provides the preparation which has simple components and can be used for effectively preventing and treating the urinary tract stones; in addition, the invention aims to provide a method for preparing the preparation. The preparation has simple components and has the functions of clearing heat and promoting diuresis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pains and nourishing livers and kidneys, and can be used for effectively treating, preventing and treating the urinary tract stones, thereby achieving the function of treating both principal and secondary aspects of diseases.

A tip element for a lithotripter is provided. The tip element includes a proximal end configured for attachment to a waveguide of the lithotripter and a distal end configured for placement against at least one urinary tract stone. The lithotripter transmits energy from the tip element to the at least one urinary tract stone to break up the at least one urinary tract stone into fragments. The tip element may further include a tip element passage that extends between the proximal end and the distal end. The tip element passage communicates with a lumen of the waveguide for at least one of suctioning and irrigating a urinary tract. The distal end has one or more sharp edges to maintain contact between the at least one urinary tract stone and the distal end during suctioning. The distal end may be configured to limit the size of fragments from the at least one urinary tract stone drawn into the tip element passage during suctioning.

Provided herein are devices related to the removal of uroliths, including kidney, ureteral and/or bladder stones. In one embodiment, the device comprises a mesh or sponge that is removably connected to a catheter, adapted for the removal of urolith fragments of the size 2 mm or less. In one embodiment, the device includes a catheter that is either solid or hollow, the latter for the irrigation of various types of fluid (either standard irrigation fluid (e.g. saline or water) or a material (e.g. blood, fibrin glue, etc.) that would form a clot like substance within the interstices of the device thereby increasing its ability to entrap fragments within the interstices of the basket or nearby.

The invention, which relates to the field of medical equipment, discloses an auxiliary stone removing tool for urinary surgery lithangiuria, thereby solving a problem that a lithangiuria removing device is not firmly fixed manually. The auxiliary stone removing tool comprises a fixed base. A motor base is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the bottom of the left side of the fixed base; a firstdriving motor is in bolt connection with the left side of the motor base; a first rotating shaft is fixedly connected to the output shaft of the first driving motor; the outer ring of the end, closeto the first driving motor, of the first rotating shaft is fixedly sleeved with a first bearing; the right side of the first bearing is fixedly connected with a fixing rod; and the right end of the fixing rod is fixedly connected to the outer wall of the left side of the fixed base. The auxiliary stone removing device is novel in design and can be conveniently fixed; meanwhile, the angle can be adjusted to avoid a phenomenon that holding is not stable due to long-time operation of medical staff, so that the operation intensity of the medical staff is relieved. The auxiliary stone removing device is suitable for market popularization.

The invention discloses an Anzhong decoction for expelling discharging urinary tract stones, and overcomes the drawbacks of undesirable curative effect on urinary tract stones, certain risk and high cost of herbal medicines, Chinese patent medicines, Western medicines and surgeries. The decoction has special curative effect on urinary tract stones such as Kidney stones, ureteral stones and bladder stones, can dissolve and expel stones, is economical, cheap, high-efficiency, simple and practical, easily acceptable to patients and is an advanced Chinese medicine for patients with urinary tract stones.

Methods for determining whether certain compounds, in particular crystals, are present in a sample of a biological fluid that indicates an individual has a particular disease or condition, such as but not limited to gout, pseudogout or urinary tract stones. In some embodiments, the methods include the steps of digestion and filtration of a sample of synovial fluid in order to isolate, if present, monosodium urate monohydrate (MSU), calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate (CPPD), or calcium phosphate crystals from the sample, wherein the filtrate is analyzed with a Raman device to ascertain the presence and type of the crystals. Devices for performing steps of the method are disclosed.

The present invention relates to a method for providing urinary stone information, and more particularly, to a method for providing urinary stone information, capable of providing information necessary for urinary stone surgery by detecting a region where a stone is present from a plurality of tomography images by using a machine learning model, and automatically extracting information including a location and a size of the stone.

The disclosure pertains to methods and devices for administering a vibration expulsion therapy (VET) to a subject to expulse a urinary stone. The method comprises circumferentially administering vibrations to a subject's torso to facilitate movement of a urinary stone through the urinary system or to alleviate pain associated with a urinary stone. In certain embodiments, the method comprises circumferentially administering vibrations to a subject via a vest configured to envelope and tightly fit contours on the subject's torso, particular, the subject's lower torso and cover the subject's kidneys, ureter, and/or urinary bladder. Further provided is a system comprising a processor and a computer-readable medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to actuate a vest placed on the subject's torso to circumferentially administer vibrations to the subject's torso or a portion thereof.