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US 6,905,471 B2Granted
Method and device for training pelvic floor muscles
AssigneeInnovative Development & Marketing
InventorsGunnar Leivseth, Ole Olsen
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AssigneeInnovative Development & Marketing
InventorsGunnar Leivseth, Ole Olsen
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A method and device for training pelvic floor muscles in order to treat or prevent urinary or fecal incontinence. The device comprises a probe having a pressure sensor and a vibrator, and a microprocessor connected with the sensor and the vibrator. Initially, the probe is inserted into a person's vagina or rectum and the highest force that can be applied by the person contracting the pelvic muscles is ascertained and registered. The contraction of the pelvic floor muscles is repeated at intervals, and the force applied by pelvic floor muscles at each contraction is ascertained and compared with the registered highest value. The vibrator is activated at each contraction of the floor muscles only if the force has a predetermined relationship to the registered value, and only for a predetermined period as long as the predetermined relationship is maintained.
A method for training floor muscles in order to treat or prevent urinary or faecal incontinence comprising the steps of
A device for training pelvic floor muscles on order to treat or prevent urinary or faecal incontinence comprising a probe adapted to be inserted into a vagina or rectum and having at least one sensor for dynamically ascertaining a force transferred to the probe by contraction of the pelvic floor muscles with a vibrator operating or shut off in the probe, and a microprocessor operatively connected with said at least one sensor and the vibrator wherein the vibrator is energized only at a value related to a predetermined value of said force, as ascertained by the said sensor.
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