Artificial bladder system
AssigneeKen Pettlon, Sr.
InventorsKen Pettlon, Sr., Kristopher Pettlon
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Abstract
An artificial bladder system including an implantable bladder, a valve, a number of sensors, and an alert mechanism. The implantable bladder includes an outer wall forming a chamber for collecting urine of a user, the outer wall including inflow openings and an outflow opening. The valve is integrated with the outflow opening to selectively allow urine to flow from the chamber through the outflow opening. The sensors are configured to detect a urine level in the chamber. The alert mechanism is configured to generate a sensory output to alert the user that the bladder should be emptied upon detection of the urine level in the chamber by one of the sensors.
Claims20
An artificial bladder system comprising:
- an implantable bladder including an outer wall forming a chamber for collecting urine of a user, the outer wall including inflow openings and an outflow opening;
- a valve integrated with the outflow opening to selectively allow urine to flow from the chamber through the outflow opening;
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- a sensor configured to detect a urine level in the chamber, the sensor being positioned in the middle of the chamber to detect the urine level at approximately fifty percent in at least two different orientations of the bladder.
An artificial bladder system comprising:
- an implantable bladder including an outer wall forming a chamber for collecting urine of a user, the outer wall including inflow openings and an outflow opening;
- a valve integrated with the outflow opening to selectively allow urine to flow from the chamber through the outflow opening;
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- a plurality of sensors configured to detect a urine level in the chamber, the plurality of sensors including a sensor positioned in the middle of the chamber to detect the urine level at approximately fifty percent in at least two different orientations of the bladder.
An artificial bladder system comprising:
- an implantable bladder including an outer wall forming a chamber for collecting urine of a user, the outer wall including inflow openings and an outflow opening;
- a valve integrated with the outflow opening to selectively allow urine to flow from the chamber through the outflow opening;
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- a first sensor positioned near the outer wall to detect a first urine level;
- a second sensor positioned near the outer wall above the first sensor to detect a second urine level greater than the first urine level;
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- a third sensor positioned in the middle of the chamber to detect a urine level at approximately fifty percent in at least two different orientations of the bladder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.