University of Colorado

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Raytheon Company

Allergan, Inc.

University Technology Corporation

Schmidt, Richard A.

Richard A Schmidt

Zdzislaw Salamon

Gordon Tollin

Victor David Kruppa

H Angus Macleod

Mitchell O Perley

Robert A Kuehn

The Regents Of The University Of Colorado, Legal Representative

Mitchell Q Perley

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

Use of botulinum toxin therapy for treatment of urological neurological conditions

Use of neurotoxin therapy for treatment of urologic and related disorders

Embodiments of a system to maintain an even temperature distribution across a laser detector are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the system includes a multi-layer printed circuit board (PCB) assembly that includes a first layer comprising a thermally-conductive ring provided circumferentially around a thermally-conductive detector region for mounting the laser detector, a second layer comprising a plurality of resistive elements aligned with the thermally-conductive detector region to generate heat, and a fourth layer comprising a thermally-conductive heat-distribution region aligned with the thermally-conductive detector region. A plurality of thermally-conductive vias is provided to couple the thermally-conductive ring of the first layer to the thermally-conductive heat-distribution region of the fourth layer. The thermally-conductive vias transfer heat between the thermally-conductive heat-distribution region and the thermally-conductive ring to provide an even distribution of heat across the laser detector.

System for maintaining an even temperature distribution across a laser detector

A Built-In Test (BIT) for a photoconductive photodiode is performed using the health or characteristics of the photodiode's parasitic capacitance as a 'proxy' for the health or characteristics of the photodiode itself. A failure or degradation of the photodiode manifests as a similar failure or degradation of the parasitic capacitance. Under normal operating conditions, the photoconductive photodiode responds to incident photons from a target by generating a photocurrent signal at its cathode. A processor processes the signals from one or more photodiodes to evaluate characteristics of the target. To perform the BIT, a time-varying voltage signal is applied at the photodiode's anode. This signal is coupled through the parasitic capacitance to produce a test current signal at the photodiode's anode. The processor processes the signal to evaluate the health or characteristics of the parasitic capacitance and thus the photodiode.

Photoconductive photodiode built-in test (BIT)

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

Use of botulinum toxin therapy for treatment of recalcitrant voiding dysfunction

The invention disclosed herein provides a system and method for diagnosing lower urinary system conditions by receiving urodynamic data and subjective symptomatic impressions concerning a patient. The system and method then assigns weighted point values to the urodynamic data, for example, urethal pressure profiles due to sphincter contraction conditions such as urgency () and stress incontinence (), and the subjective symptomatic impressions, quantifies norms for lower urinary system function, as a whole or in part, and quantifies recognized pathologies of lower urinary system conditions as degrees of departure from the norms. The system and method then determines a lower urinary system condition diagnosis of the patient, as a function of the degrees of departure from the norms, by invoking a set of rules to compare the weighted point values assigned and the quantified norms. The invention then reports the lower urinary system condition diagnosis, treatment recommendation, or further diagnostic suggestions.

Method and system for diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysregulation and related conditions

The present invention related to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions associated with prostate cancer or methods of treatment of prostate cancer, which is accomplished by administration of botulinum toxin to the patient.

Use of neurotoxin therapy for treatment of urological-neurological disorders associated with prostate cancer

The present invention related to methods for treating neurological-urological conditions, including neurogenic bladder dysfunction. This is accomplished by administration of a botulinum toxin into the lower urinary tract of a patient with a neurogenic bladder dysfunction, including the bladder or urinary sphincter and the bladder wall.

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Richard A Schmidt