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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 29, 2016
The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (US);
The United States Government As Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
Margot S. Damaser, Cleveland Hts., OH (US);
Swarup Bhunia, Gainesville, FL (US);
Robert Karam, Gainesville, FL (US);
Steve Majerus, Akron, OH (US);
Dennis Bourbeau, Cleveland, OH (US);
Hui Zhu, Pepper Pike, OH (US);
THE CLEVELAND CLINIC FOUNDATION, Cleveland, OH (US);
CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY, Cleveland, OH (US);
THE U.S. GOV'T AS REPRESENTED BY THE DEPT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
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.