A system and method includes receiving time-resolved images of a urinary tract of a subject as a bladder of the urinary tract begins, continues through, and completes a dynamic process involving a bladder and segmenting the time-resolved images of the urinary tract to identify boundaries of anatomical structures of the urinary tract. The method further includes performing a surface mapping of the boundaries of the anatomical structures to produce a consistent set of mapped anatomical structures across the time-resolved images, using a flow model and the consistent set of mapped anatomical structures, calculating metrics describing function of the urinary tract during the dynamic process, and generating a report using the metrics describing function of the urinary tract during the dynamic process.

Disclosed are a bladder monitoring apparatus which accurately determines a bladder status of a subject based on an ultrasonic image and a posture of the subject and a method for controlling the bladder monitoring apparatus. The bladder monitoring apparatus includes a processor, a memory configured to operably connected to the processor and store at least one code executed by the processor, and a transceiver configured to receive a reflection ultrasonic signal from a subject and a posture sensing signal obtained by sensing a posture of the subject based on a sensor, and the memory may store a code which is executed by the processor to cause the processor to determine the bladder status of the subject by applying the machine learning-based learning model to an ultrasonic image generated from the reflection ultrasonic signal and posture information generated based on the posture sensing signal.

A bladder volume detection device, the device comprising a sound transmitter and at least one receiver the device configured to ping the bladder with an acoustic signal having a resonant frequency of up to about 20 k Hz generated with said transmitter.

The present invention describes a diagnostic kit comprising an indwelling catheter, a set volume of a saline solution (or corresponding solution) contained in a syringe and a drainage and diagnosis container with volume markings. Moreover, the present invention also refers to a method for performing a diagnostic test before a potential prostate surgery/treatment.

A bladder fullness monitoring systems includes a controller and an active optical sensor that is affixed to a patient's bladder. The sensor emits light onto the bladder and further detects light reflected from the bladder, in order to generate an output signal that indicates an amount of emitted light was reflected back to the detector. The controller is coupled to the optical sensor to receive and interpret the output signals, e.g., to determine when the bladder is full. The controller may be operatively coupled to a urinary control apparatus which uses the output signals to trigger urination in patients who have lost the ability to voluntarily urinate. Embodiments are particularly useful for monitoring bladder fullness in patients who have lost bladder sensation and/or the ability to voluntary urinate and rely on a urinary control apparatus in order to urinate.

A signaling device including a data processing device; sensors for heart rate, breathing activity, galvanic skin response, skin blood flow, and movement of a person which respectively include radio communication devices for a wireless connection to the data processing device, wherein the data processing device is configured to wirelessly receive data captured by the sensors regarding a physiological condition of the person and to generate an acoustic, visual or tactile signal as a function of a change of the physiological condition, wherein the data processing device is configured to store the captured data in measurement series, to analyze the measurement series and to detect an increasing or excursive change of the condition in the measurement series, wherein the signal indicates a catheterization requirement of the person.

This disclosure describes methods, systems, and devices configured to determine a timing of a future bladder related event of a patient. For example, a system includes processing circuitry configured to identify a timing of a plurality of bladder related events of a patient, determine, based on the timing of the plurality of bladder related events of the patient, a probability to experience a bladder related event function for the patient, the probability to experience a bladder related event function indicating a probability that the patient will experience a bladder related event at an elapsed time after a previous bladder related event, predict, based on the probability to experience a bladder related event function, a timing of a future bladder related event, and control delivery of a therapy to the patient based on the predicted timing of the future bladder related event.

A method performed by a computer correlates vesicoelastic pressure data with volume data and calculates vesicoelastic work performed by the bladder, wherein the amount of vesicoelastic work performed by the bladder is determined by calculating an area under said vesicoelastic pressure data when said vesicoelastic pressure data is correlated against the volume data.

The present disclosure generally relates to methods and systems for generating a void profile for user void events. The method includes receiving by a processing element a plurality of outputs from a fluid level sensor corresponding to a plurality of levels of fluid flowing through a voiding device during a flow event; determining by the processing element a beginning and an end time of the fluid flow into the voiding device during the flow event; analyzing the plurality of outputs of the fluid level sensor over a time interval defined by the beginning and end time of the fluid flow to determine at least one of a fluid flow rate data and an accumulated volume data for the fluid flowing through the voiding device; and storing the fluid flow rate data and the accumulated flow volume data in a memory.

Provided are devices and methods for preventing an episode of incontinence in an individual in need thereof. The devices comprise a sensor and a stimulator electrode that can be implanted into the body of the individual. Once the device is implanted in the individual, the sensor of the device senses a parameter that is associated with a response from the individual that is intended to prevent an episode of incontinence. Then, the device provides an electrical stimulation using the electrode that, together with the response, helps to prevent the episode of incontinence.