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US 2008/0177398 A1Published application
Treatment of bladder dysfunction
OwnerYossi Gross, Dan Goldsteininventors
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Abstract
A method is provided for treatment of bladder dysfunction of a patient. The method includes, at a site within a patient, measuring an indication of fill-level of a bladder of the patient, and in response to an indication of a high bladder fill-level, conveying a signal indicative of the high bladder fill-level to the patient in a humanly-perceptible manner. Other embodiments are also described.
Claims39
1-24. (canceled)
Apparatus, comprising:
- a bladder state module comprising an implantable sensor configured to sense when a patient urinates, and to generate a sensor signal in response thereto;
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- a patient information module configured to receive the sensor signal from the bladder state module and to convey a message to the patient in response thereto.
Apparatus, comprising:
- a bladder state module, configured for chronic coupling to a bladder of a patient, and configured to generate a signal indicative of a state of the bladder;
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- a patient information module, configured to be coupled to a body of the patient, to receive the signal from the bladder state module, and to convey a message to the patient, in response to the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.