Rectal Biofeedback Device with Multi-Sensor Array for Muscle Coordination
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current biofeedback devices for treating defecatory disorders lack advanced technology to provide patients with a comprehensive visualization of muscle actions and geometry, limiting their effectiveness in guiding patients towards correct muscle coordination during defecation.
Innovation Solution
An electro-mechanical device designed for insertion into the rectum, equipped with sensors such as pressure sensors, force sensors, deformation sensors, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers, which generates a visual model of the gastrointestinal tract to display device data over time, providing detailed feedback to patients during defecation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If current biofeedback devices are used, then treatment for defecatory disorders can be provided, but comprehensive visualization of muscle actions and geometry is not available
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple sensors (pressure sensors, force sensors, deformation sensors, gyroscopes, accelerometers, and magnetometers) into a single integrated device that can be inserted into the rectum. This merging of multiple measurement functions into one device enables comprehensive visualization of muscle actions and geometry without requiring multiple separate devices, thus resolving the contradiction between information completeness and device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The biofeedback device is designed with multi-functionality, serving as both a measurement instrument and a visualization system. It not only collects data from multiple sensor types but also generates visual models of the gastrointestinal tract and displays device data over time, making it a universal tool that addresses multiple therapeutic needs in one system.
2Measurement precision
If detailed sensor data is collected, then accurate feedback is provided, but data visualization and processing capability is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements comprehensive feedback by not only collecting precise measurements from multiple sensors but also by visualizing this data in real-time. The device generates visual models of the gastrointestinal tract and displays device data over time, providing patients with immediate visual feedback about their muscle actions and coordination, thus enhancing the precision-measurement capability with automated visualization.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces traditional mechanical or manual data presentation methods with electronic visualization systems. Instead of relying on healthcare providers to manually interpret and convey sensor data to patients, the system uses digital displays and visual models to automatically present measurement information, thereby enhancing data processing capability while maintaining measurement precision.
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AI summary
Methods for treating functional anorectal disorders using biofeedback therapy. The method includes using devices and systems to obtain biofeedback data from a user, and further includes using a computer or processor to analyze the biofeedback data and generate and display a visual representation of that biofeedback data to a user.