Patent classifications
A61B5/227
APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR TESTING AND EXERCISING THE PELVIC FLOOR MUSCULATURE
An apparatus for testing and exercising musculature, the apparatus comprising an elongate housing adapted for contacting one or more muscles. The housing accommodates an oscillator and an accelerometer connected to a signal processor configured for communicating signals representative of values read from the accelerometer. A result is calculated from an applied oscillation and a response measured, and used for characterizing the musculature. In one embodiment the frequency resulting in the greatest response from the musculature is measured, and this frequency is applied during exercise.
Therapeutic pelvic region analyzer and method of use thereof
A therapeutic pelvic region analyzer and method of use thereof that includes an expandable device sized and shaped for insertion into an opening in a pelvic region of a user and a collapsible reservoir fluidly coupled to the expandable device. The collapsible reservoir is configured to temporarily retain and expel an amount of fluid. A tube defining a fluid-flow path for the amount of fluid is between the expandable device and the collapsible reservoir. The therapeutic pelvic region analyzer also includes fluid-flow control valve disposed between the expandable device and the collapsible reservoir. The fluid-flow control valve is operable to provide a selectively variable level of resistance as the amount fluid passes from the expandable device to the collapsible reservoir.
BLADDER URODYNAMIC MEASUREMENT APPARATUS
A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus is provided, which can measure and record pressure inside a bladder continuously for a short time period to a long time period. A bladder urodynamic measurement apparatus 10 according to the present invention includes a pressure sensor 20 configured to measure a value of pressure that is applied to an inside of a urinary catheter 50 by urine in a bladder 55, and a recording device 30 configured to record a pressure value measured by the pressure sensor 20.
METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AN INCREASED GYROSCOPIC RATE SENSOR
A sensor module includes multiple accelerometers mounted in a non-collinear arrangement onto a printed circuit board. A processor obtains linear acceleration vectors from each of the accelerometers and through the constraint imposed by the the non-collinear arrangement of the accelerometers onto the printed circuit board, the angular velocity vector of the sensor may be derived by the processor from the linear acceleration vectors.
DEVICES AND METHODS FOR SEXUAL WELLNESS
Some adult devices are ostensibly marketed to improve female sexual experience female by offering exercises to address relaxed vaginal muscles from birth, age, surgery etc. and for reducing incontinence. However, such devices suffer from variable placement by the user both in terms of orientation and penetrative depth such that the results are not reproducible and captured data used to provide feedback to the user and/or providing visual/audible prompts is flawed. Accordingly, it would be beneficial to provide a device with reproducible placement and data for enhancing the usability/benefit of the exercise regimen. It would be further beneficial for the device to either provide this exercise regime as part of a wider assessment of sexual wellness or as part of a sexual stimulation activity thereby reducing the focus on exercise to derive the benefits of improved pelvic muscle control.
ANORECTAL TONOMETER FOR NEUROLOGICAL TESTING
A rectal tonometer device for quantitatively detecting and measuring a rectal tone of a patient. The device includes a main body including a cavity within and a deformable tip, including a pressure sensor, partially disposed in the cavity and extending from the main body. Deforming the tip may actuate the pressure sensor. The rectal tonometer device further includes a circuit board disposed within the cavity, communicatively coupled to the deformable tip capable of accepting a pressure signal from the pressure sensor and measuring, based on the pressure signal, the rectal tone of the patient.
VIBRATORY DEVICE AND METHOD FOR USE OF SAME
A vibratory device and method for its use are disclosed. It features an elongated body suitable for insertion into a pelvic cavity. The device comprises a haptic actuator, interconnectedith a processor, which generates a variety of vibrations through actuatable elements embedded within the device. The haptic actuator's unique design allows it to separate vibration amplitude from frequency in response to a haptic signal. Additionally, a manual actuator produces a user-input signal upon interaction. The device's processor may create a haptic signal based on this user-input signal. The design offers diverse application possibilities, including a range of haptic actuator variations from a magnetic wideband vibrational actuator to a solenoid actuator vibrator, a linear resonant actuator vibration motor, or a Linear Magnetic Ram (LMR) actuator. This vibratory device provides an immersive interactive experience, aiding users in enhancing their sexual experiences and understanding their bodies better.
PROBING DEVICE FOR MANAGING STRESS URINARY INCONTINENCE
The self-contained endocavitary probe device for managing stress incontinence is capable of being inserted into the vaginal or rectal cavity of a person. The device includes at least one self-contained electrical power supply so as to supply power to at least one device for measuring the variation in a parameter resulting from physical stress and to at least one electrical muscle stimulation device in contact with at least one muscle capable of maintaining urinary continence. The electrical stimulation device is activated in the event of variation in the parameter.
Pelvic Floor Muscle Exercise System and Detection Device
A physical training system for pelvic floor muscle, wherein the physical training system for pelvic floor muscle is capable of providing at least one optional exercising setting to user for making the physical training system for pelvic floor muscle can guide the user to accomplish at least one exercising movement, wherein the exercising setting is selected from a group of exercising settings, wherein the group of exercising settings comprises an exercising movement setting, an exercising time setting, an exercising intensity setting, an exercising frequency setting, an exercising guidance setting, an exercising auxiliary setting and an exercising feedback setting, wherein the physical training system for pelvic floor muscle comprises a processor and a Client, wherein the processor is capable of providing at least one optional exercising setting to user, wherein the exercising settings are set to be displayed on the Client.
Method and apparatus for a universal sensor
A universal sensor pod provides a native sensing function during a first mode of operation and a secondary sensing function during a second mode of operation. The universal sensor pod may transition from the native sensing function to the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. The universal sensor pod may continue one or more native sensing functions along with the secondary sensing function upon detecting that a sensor capable of the secondary sensing function is connected to the universal sensor pod via a smart connector. A code embedded within the smart connector is transmitted to a processor contained within the universal sensor pod and in response, the processor executes a firmware application that is tailored to the secondary sensing function code in response to receiving the code.