426 results about "Urinary system" patented technology

An implantable article and method of use are disclosed to treat urological disorders. The biocompatible device includes a sling assembly configured to be minimally invasive and provide sufficient support to the target site. In addition, the configuration of the sling assembly also allows the position of the sling to be permanently changed during and / or after implantation.

The present invention relates to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions. This is accomplished by administration of at least one neurotoxin.

The invention provides a method for preparing an SIS tissue restoring material. The method comprises the following steps: carrying out sterilizing treatment, degreasing treatment, cell free treatment and absterging treatment according to an arbitrary sequence at the lower layer of small intestinal mucosa; and finally preparing the material through freezing and drying. The SIS tissue restoring material can be used as an independent and common support vector for a growth factor, a cell, a drug and the like, and becomes a tissue engineering material through in-vitro culture. The material is a natural and nontoxic biological material without antigenicity and immunity. The SIS tissue restoring material can be used for restoring hernia, defect of skin, urinary system tissue defect, mucosa defect and other periphery and internal parenchyma defects.

An apparatus and method of use are disclosed to treat urological disorders. The biocompatible device includes a handle, needle, dilator and sling assembly configured to be minimally invasive and provide sufficient support to the target site. In addition, the configuration of the sling assembly also allows the sling to be adjusted during and / or after implantation. The device and treatment procedure are highly effective and produce little to no side effects or complications. Further, operative risks, pain, infections and post operative stays are reduced, thereby improving patient quality of life.

Systems and methods treat urologic dysfunctions by implanting a lead and electrode in a tissue region affecting urologic function, and implanting a pulse generator in an anterior pelvic region remote from the electrode. Bilateral stimulation of the left and / or right branches of the dorsal genital nerves using a single lead implanted in adipose or other tissue in the region at or near the pubic symphysis is able to treat urinary incontinence.

The method of stimulating a substance is disclosed. The method has the steps of activating an acoustic shock wave generator or source to emit acoustic shock waves; and subjecting the substance to the acoustic shock waves stimulating said substance wherein the substance is positioned within a path of the emitted shock waves and away from a geometric focal volume or point of the emitted shock waves. In one embodiment the emitted shock waves are divergent or near planar. In another embodiment the emitted shock waves are convergent having a geometric focal volume of point at a distance of at least X from the source, the method further comprising positioning the substance at a distance less than the distance X from the source. The substance is a tissue having cells. The tissue can be an organ of a mammal. The mammal may be a human or an animal. The organ may be a heart, a brain, skin, a liver or a kidney or any other organ. The tissue may be muscle, cartilage, tendon, bone, teeth or gums. The tissue may be a part of the vascular system, a part of the nervous system, a part of the urinary or reproductive system, a part of the lymph node or pituitary systems, a part of the ocular system or a part of a skeletal system.

The invention provides a traditional Chinese medicine for treating urinary system calculus. The traditional Chinese medicine provided by the invention contains the following components of: by weight, 28-32 parts of desmodium, 12-18 parts of Lygodium japonicum, 8-16 parts of Polygonum aviculare, 8-16 parts of Pink Herb, 28-32 parts of talcum, 8-16 parts of Plantain seed, 4-8 parts of akebia stem, 6-12 parts of achyranthes root, 8-12 parts of Vaccaria segetalis, 6-12 parts of fructus toosendan, 12-18 parts of Semen Abutili, 8-16 parts of raw Endothelium corneum and 4-8 parts of licorice. In comparison with the prior art, in allusion to comprehensive causes of urinary system calculus, the traditional Chinese medicine provided by the invention is used to treat urinary system calculus based on syndrome differentiation, has a good effect with low recurrence rate, can be used to simultaneously treat principal and subordinate symptoms and effectively release patients' illness.

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.

The invention discloses a novel traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating the symptoms of renal calculus and a preparation method thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition mainly comprises the following raw materials of medicines: scaly anteater, rhizoma sparganii, rhizoma zedoariae, sweetgum fruit, immature bitter orange, Chinese eaglewood, dalbergia wood, tangerine peel, TurmericRoot-tuber, chicken's gizzard-membrane, radix notoginseng, rhizoma ligustici wallichii, red peony root, peach kernel, safflower, logwood, mastic, myrrh, draconis sanguis, Chinese polyphaga, rhizoma cyperi, tuckahoe, radix puerariae, rhizoma alismatis, manchurian dutchmanspipe, japanese fern spore, semen lepidii, talcum, rosa banksiae, green tangerine peel, toosendan fruit, areca peel, dahurian angelica root, rhizoma atractylodis, schisandra fruit and motherwort. The traditional Chinese medicine composition can be prepared into any common oral preparation according to a conventional traditional Chinese medicine preparation method. The invention can obviously improve the symptoms of the metabolic balance maladjustment of colloids and crystals, infection, nutrition metabolic disturbance, the calculus and the urine stasis of the urinary system, lumbago, renal colic, bloody urine and the like in the body of a patient with the symptoms of the renal calculus, can improve the symptoms of gout, diabetes, hypertension, acute pyelonephritis, chronic renal failure, uremia and the like caused by the symptoms of the renal calculus and has definite clinical curative effect, obvious curative effect and quick acting. Because of basically adopting medicine-food homologous medicines specified by the dispensatory of China for combination, the traditional Chinese medicine composition has the advantages of low cost, no toxic or side effect basically and the like.