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Techniques for evaluating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) using involuntary reflex cough test

An autonomous and reflexive technology, applied in application, electromyography, medicine and equipment, etc., can solve problems such as contradictory, embarrassing, and inability of patients

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-01-18
PNEUMOFLEX SYST
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[0013] A problem associated with the prior art is that some patients are unable or unwilling to perform the required degree of physical movement
For some patients, they may be able to perform these maneuvers, but are reluctant to do so because involuntary release of urine may be embarrassing or contrary to what society deems appropriate

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[0045] DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

[0046] The present invention will now be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. However, the present invention is embodied in different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments described herein. Rather, these embodiments are provided so that this disclosure will be detailed and complete, and will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like elements throughout.

[0047] figure 1 A flow chart showing a technique for evaluating a patient's urinary tract for stress incontinence in accordance with one aspect of the present invention. As an initial step, a pressure sensing catheter is inserted into the patient's empty bladder (100). The patient's bladder is then slowly filled with sterile water until 200 ml have been delivered (110).

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A system and method evaluates a patient for stress urinary incontinence. An involuntary reflex cough event is induced within the patient that activates the nucleus ambiguous and medial motor cell column of the patient and stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles in the pelvis of the patient. And elecromyogram (EMG) is obtained from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles and its duration determined. Any urine leakage time that occurs during the involuntary reflex cough event is identified and correlated within a processor together with the urine leakage time and EMG and duration of cough event to determine stress urinary incontinence.

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[0001] related application [0002] This application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61 / 139,649, filed December 22, 2008, and U.S. Provisional Application Serial No. 61 / 244,167, filed September 21, 2009, both of which are adopted in their entirety Incorporated herein by reference. field of invention [0003] The present invention relates to the field of medical devices and assays, and more particularly to devices and techniques for evaluating stress urinary incontinence. Background of the invention [0004] According to the American Academy of Family Physicians, urinary incontinence (UI) affects approximately 12 million people in the United States alone. Although urinary incontinence can occur in both men and women, it is most common in women over the age of 50. UI has many causes including age-related atrophic changes in genitourinary anatomy in postmenopausal women, hypertrophy of the prostate gland in men and general weakening of the pelvic fl...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B5/03A61B5/20A61B5/0488
CPCA61M2210/1085A61M25/10A61B5/205A61B5/0488A61B5/202A61M25/00A61B5/6874A61B5/6852A61B5/0823A61M2025/0002A61B5/4047A61B5/389A61B5/395
Inventor 罗伯特·阿丁顿罗伯特·斯蒂芬斯迈克尔·菲利帕玛丽·布里甘蒂斯图尔特·米勒
Owner PNEUMOFLEX SYST
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