The present invention is directed to a device which may be used to interactively exercise pelvic muscles. This is expected to prevent the need for more intrusive surgical procedures, to improve the life of women and men that suffer from incontinence, to help women strengthen their pelvic muscles after birth to enable subsequent vaginal births rather than caesarean sections. The invention relates to a pelvic muscle exercise monitor that is a suppository/tampon type internal unit that may be placed within either the rectum or the vaginal canal and which sends signals to a remote receiver, typically a smart phone, but possibly a dedicated device or a computer.

Systems and methods for mapping a cavernous nerve near an organ. The system includes: one or more processors; and a memory that is communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and stores one or more sequences of instructions, which when executed by one or more processors causes steps to be performed comprising: applying an excitation signal to an electrode at a tip of an laparoscope, the tip being configured to contact a point on a tissue near an organ; responsive to the excitation signal, measuring a change in a signal from a pair of electrodes configured to be installed on the penis, the change in the signal being associated with an erectile function of the penis; and based on the change in the signal from the pair of electrodes, determining a distance between the point on the tissue and a cavernous nerve near the organ.

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 manometric probe, comprising: a main body (2) provided with a longitudinal axis (X); an extensible membrane (3) sealingly associated to at least two annular areas of the main body (2) so as to delimit a chamber (4) external to the main body (2); feed means (51,52) arranged so as to enable feeding of a fluid inside the chamber (4).

The present invention relates to an apparatus for strengthening pelvic floor muscles which can be used even when a user wears clothes and thus can be used comfortably without psychological burden; can be cleanly used without the remains of foreign matter around the urethra and the anus or on the exterior of the apparatus after use; can perform treatment in a state in which an electrode portion is pressed in close contact with the bladder and the pelvic floor muscles through a height adjustment means; and can perform both an active exercise through low-frequency pulses and a passive exercise through a muscular strength sensing means.

The present invention relates to intravaginal devices, systems including the devices, and methods of using the devices to train an individual in the performance of exercises (e.g., pelvic floor lifts (PFLs) and pelvic floor relaxations (PFRs)) that strengthen the individual's pelvic floor muscles in order to treat or prevent pelvic floor disorders (e.g., pelvic organ prolapse and incontinence) and their accompanying symptoms.

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 cramp evaluating device for calf muscle, adapted to evaluate a probability value of calf muscle of a runner wearing a number of sensors, includes a physiological signal receiver and a cramp detector. The physiological signal receiver is configured to receive a plurality of physiological signals from the sensors. The cramp detector is configured to input the physiological signals to an evaluation model to calculate the probability value of the calf muscle of the runner.

The present disclosure relates to a speculum device for measuring pelvic floor muscle (PFM) contractile forces. The speculum device includes a first bill and a second, opposing bill. Each bill has a proximal end attached to a handle. The handle includes a housing in which a sensor cassette may be selectively inserted. When inserted, the sensor cassette can measure contractile forces applied to the upper and lower bills and mechanically transferred to the sensor cassette. The sensor cassette does not come into contact with the patient while measurements are taken. Afterwards, the sensor cassette may be removed from the housing while the remainder of the device is sterilized.

A system for processing the manometric measurements carried out by way of an anorectal probe includes one or more processing units, which include: an acquisition module configured for acquiring management parameters of an anorectal manometry; a basal module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the basal maneuver of anorectal manometry in accordance with the management parameters; a squeeze module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the squeeze maneuver; an endurance module, configured for calculating the time interval between the instant at which a maximum value is measured during the squeeze maneuver, and the instant at which the pressure measured falls below a squeeze threshold; a strain module configured for processing the manometric measurements acquired during the strain maneuver; and a memory module configured for the registration of functions and/or indexes calculated by the modules while processing said measures.