User-controlled urination management system

A user-controlled urination management system for bypassing a site of obstruction along a urinary tract of a user, comprising:

• a superior catheter having a first end and a second end, the first end of the superior catheter configured to be chronically implanted into a bladder of the user;
• a pressure transducer coupled directly or indirectly to the second end of the superior catheter, the pressure transducer for communication with an interior of the bladder through the superior catheter, wherein the pressure transducer is configured to continuously monitor intra-bladder pressure via the superior catheter disposed in the user's bladder;
• a micro-pump having an inlet port and an outlet port, the inlet port of the pump coupled to the second end of the superior catheter;
• an inferior catheter having a first end and a second end, the first end of the inferior catheter coupled to the outlet port of the pump, the second end of the inferior catheter configured to be chronically implanted into a urethra of the user at a position distal to the site of obstruction along the urinary tract of the user;
• a microcontroller in electrical communication with the pressure transducer and with the pump, wherein the microcontroller receives a pressure signal from the pressure transducer, the pressure signal indicating the intra-bladder pressure,
• the microcontroller converting the pressure signal to an intra-bladder urine volume level, where the intra-bladder pressure and the intra-bladder urine volume level have a direct relationship to each other,
• wherein the microcontroller amplifies the pressure signal and eliminates vibrational noise;
• and
• a notification module that outputs a notification to the user, the notification pertaining to the intra-bladder pressure and/or the intra-bladder urine volume level,
• wherein the notification module includes a wireless protocol that causes a mobile device to vibrate or emit an audible signal,
• wherein the microcontroller is programmed with a correlation between the intra-bladder pressure and the intra-bladder urine volume level, such that the microcontroller establishes a pressure threshold beyond which the microcontroller directs the notification module to output the notification to the user,
• whereby upon the pump being actuated by the user, urine flows from the user's bladder, into the superior catheter, through the pump, into the inferior catheter, and into the urethra, thus bypassing the site of obstruction during output of the urine from the user,
• wherein as a result of the user actuating the pump, the microcontroller uses a general-purpose input/output channel to modulate a voltage signal that activates the pump and initiates fluid flow therethrough.