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US 2007/0167768 A1Published application
Method and an apparatus for recording bladder volume
AssigneeUrodan ApS
InventorNiels Kristiansen
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AssigneeUrodan ApS
InventorNiels Kristiansen
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A non-invasive method and apparatus for monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals. The monitoring measurements are based on the analysis of ultrasound signals from at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays. Each one individual ultrasound transducer array has a contact face, which is arranged in order to transmit an ultrasonic signal through an abdominal surface of an individual being monitored. The method and apparatus includes the arranging of each individual transducer array on the abdominal surface around an axis which extends from a point on the abdominal surface through a point on or within the urinary bladder. The method and apparatus further comprises that each individual transducer array is arranged to scan the bladder using a two-dimensional scan plane which extends radially from the transducer array through the bladder.
A non-invasive method of monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals, where the monitoring measurement is based on the analysis of signals from at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays, each having a contact face and which are arranged to transmit an ultrasonic signal through an abdominal surface of an individual being monitored, wherein the method comprises arranging each individual transducer array on the abdominal surface around an axis which extends from a point on the abdominal surface through a point on or within the urinary bladder, wherein each individual transducer array is arranged to scan the bladder using a two-dimensional scan plane which extends radially from the transducer array through the bladder.
A non-invasive apparatus for monitoring the bladder volume in humans or animals, which comprises at least two individual ultrasound transducer arrays, each having a contact face and being arranged in a pattern on an abdominal surface of an individual being monitored, around an axis which extend from a point on the abdominal surface through a point on or within the urinary bladder, and means for scanning the bladder using a two-dimensional scan plane which extends radially from each individual transducer array through the bladder.
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