The Cleveland Clinic Foundation

The United States Government As Represented by the Department of Veterans Affairs

Case Western Reserve University

The Metrohealth System

Dennis Bourbeau

Margot S Damaser

Steve Majerus

Swarup Bhunia

Hui Zhu

Robert Karam

Aref Smiley

Ian Mcadams

Massarat Zutshi

The present disclosure relates generally to using detected bladder events for the diagnosis of urinary incontinence or the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction. A system includes a sensing device comprising a pressure sensor to directly detect a pressure within a bladder. The sensing device is adapted to be located within the bladder. The system also includes a signal processing device to: receive a signal indicating the detected pressure within the bladder; detect a bladder event based the detected pressure within the signal; and characterize the bladder event as a bladder contraction event or a non-contraction event. The characterization of the bladder event can be used in the diagnosis of urinary incontinence or the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction.

Bladder event detection for diagnosis of urinary incontinence or treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction

A sensing device can be placed within the colon to study bowel function. The sensing device can include a flexible printed circuit board that includes at least one senor configured to record data related to bowel activity from a patient's colon; and a wireless transmitter configured to send the data from the patient's colon to an external device. The sensing device can also include at least one mucosal clip configured to fix the sensor board to a wall of the patient's colon for a measurement period. The flexible printed circuit board and/or the at least one mucosal clip are configured to be passed from the patient's colon after the measurement period through normal defecation.

Wireless bowel sensor

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Cleveland, OH, United States of America

Dennis Bourbeau