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US 11,241,578 B2Granted
Urinary incontinence treatment device
AssigneeKyoto Prefectural Public University Corporation
InventorYasuyuki Naitoh
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Abstract
The present invention provides a nocturnal enuresis treatment device 1 including a sensor 10 for detecting urination; one or more stimulation pads 20 constituted to impart a stimulus to a wearer; and a mechanical portion 30 including the following: (i) a stimulus generation unit 31 for generating a signal for causing the stimulation pads 20 to impart the stimulus to the wearer, and (ii) a control unit 32 for generating a signal for causing the stimulus generation unit 31 to generate the stimulus in response to urination detection by the sensor.
Claims6
A urinary incontinence treatment device including:
- a diaper with a water-absorbent body located at the crotch of a wearer when worn to absorb urine excreted from the wearer and a sensor for electronically detecting urination;
- one or more stimulation pads configured to impart a stimulus to a wearer;
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- a mechanical member including the following:
- (i) a stimulus generation unit for generating a signal for causing the stimulation pads to impart the stimulus to the wearer, and
- (ii) a control unit for causing the stimulus generation unit to generate the signal in response to urination detection by the sensor,
- the mechanical member being attachable to the diaper,
- the stimulation pads being covered by a waterproof member and configured to be attachable to positions at the back of the diaper that correspond to left and right sides of the sacrum of the wearer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.