Methods and devices to diagnose and treat male urinary incontinence and sexual dysfunction are provided. A multiple sensor-enabled catheter for rectal insertion in a male patient allows for the visualization and manipulation or positioning of the bladder. A multiple sensor-enabled catheter for rectal insertion in a male patient allows for the visualization and implementation of efficient and effective exercises to strengthen pelvic floor muscles.

Disclosed is an extensible electrode array (102) for accurately locating a pelvic floor muscle, and its design method and an extensible pelvic floor electrode. The design method includes: (1) obtaining a three-dimensional muscle anatomy map of a pelvic floor muscle, dividing a muscle according to the three-dimensional muscle anatomy map and determining a muscle fiber trend, and for each muscle, determining a plurality of three-dimensional coordinate points for marking each muscle along the muscle fiber trend (S101); (2) after projecting all three-dimensional coordinate projects onto a two-dimensional plane unfolded in a shape of an elastic cavity (101), taking each two-dimensional coordinate point in the two-dimensional plane as a location to dispose an electrode plate (S102); (3) simulating a mechanical property of the elastic cavity (101), and determining a deformation rate of an extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate when the extensible electrode wire (105) of the electrode plate is arranged along a muscle fiber direction of the pelvic floor muscle (S103); and (4) according to a design result, mounting the electrode plate and the extensible electrode wire (105) on the elastic cavity (101) to form the extensible electrode array (102) (S104). The design method enables each electrode plate to locate the pelvic floor muscle before and after expansion, thereby improving accuracy in collecting a myoelectric signal of the pelvic floor muscle.

A device to accurately measure the strength or level of the voluntary pushes supplied by the laboring mother during the second stage of labor through the contraction of her abdominal musculature, that comprises a hollow handheld base with a central lumen and a recess enclosing a calibrated spring into which a shaft with a central lumen capped by a mushroom-shaped outer surface is inserted which tip is applied to the anus to pass a catheter containing a solid-state pressure transducer to provide an accurate measure of the strength of voluntary maternal expulsive efforts without interfering with those efforts or with the birth canal of the mother.

Various systems are disclosed herein for detecting, monitoring, evaluating, and characterizing pain. They systems include a number of connected components, such as a provider device, a body-mapping system, a patient device, a user device, a referred pain device and/or a rectal probe device. Accordingly, the systems allow providers to track location-specific pain intensity for any number of patients over time in order to generate reports and determine treatment recommendations for such patients.

A system and method for optimizing a patient's Kegel exercises is provided. The system includes a user interface device and a vaginal device. The vaginal device includes an intra-vaginal probe having an accelerometer that is configured to generate a signal in response to movement of the probe. The user interface device is connected to the vaginal device and analyzes signals from the accelerometer to provide physiological feedback information to the patient. The vaginal device may be connected to the user interface device via wireless communications such as Bluetooth or by wire. The user interface device may be a smart device or a computer that transmits information to central web-based data server accessible by the patient or authorized healthcare providers or third-party payers.

A pressure-sensing device includes a device frame, a flexible membrane, a pressure sensor, and device electronics. The device frame includes a base surface that rests on a supporting structure and a frame attachment region located opposite to the base surface such that the frame attachment region is raised from the supporting structure when the base surface is resting on the supporting structure. The device frame also includes a seating surface. The flexible membrane is attached to the frame attachment region such that the device frame and the flexible membrane enclose a pressure chamber. The seating surface extends outward around the flexible membrane and the flexible membrane protrudes above the seating surface. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a pressure signal. The device electronics are configured to determine the pressure in the pressure chamber based on the pressure signal.

A pressure-sensing device includes a device frame, a flexible membrane, a pressure sensor, and device electronics. The device frame includes a base surface that rests on a supporting structure and a frame attachment region located opposite to the base surface such that the frame attachment region is raised from the supporting structure when the base surface is resting on the supporting structure. The device frame also includes a seating surface. The flexible membrane is attached to the frame attachment region such that the device frame and the flexible membrane enclose a pressure chamber. The seating surface extends outward around the flexible membrane and the flexible membrane protrudes above the seating surface. The pressure sensor is configured to generate a pressure signal. The device electronics are configured to determine the pressure in the pressure chamber based on the pressure signal.

An apparatus for measuring eyelid tension includes: a cylindrical body; a measuring sensor formed on an outer circumferential surface of the body; and a contact part formed at a longitudinal distal end of the body to come into contact with the body of a person to be measured.

Systems and methods include techniques associated with endoscopic manometry. An inflatable structure may be inserted within a tissue structure and inflated or deflated to induce a physiological response for a patient. In operation, the physiological response may be induced while a patient is sedated, which may decrease physical and/or psychological pain to the patient.

Provided is a pelvic floor stiffness measuring device including: based on a longitudinal direction, a pair of pressure members including insertion parts formed at each end thereof, grip parts formed at each other end of the pair of pressure members, and a hinge part that does not intersect between the insertion part and the grip part, the pair of insertion parts being open/closed by opening/closing the grip parts around the hinge part, in which the pair of insertion parts has each one end forming a pelvic floor pressure area based on the longitudinal direction and each other end connected to the hinge part, and has a downward convex curved surface based on a widthwise axis of symmetry through which the pair of pressure members is open/closed, and is connected by an intermediate area in which a point where the pair of insertion parts intersect is formed at least in part.