Treatment of female stress urinary incontinence
AssigneeRemendium Labs LLC
InventorRamon Jose Iglesias
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the diagnosis and treatment of stress urinary incontinence. In one embodiment, the diagnosis and treatment involves the use of a positional feedback catheter. Positional sensors may be embedded in the catheter to provide real-time tracking of the position and movement of the catheter.
Claims12
A method for sensing the relative position of a patient bladder comprising inserting a positional sensor enabled catheter within the bladder, and determining the position of the bladder relative to at least one fixed reference point within the patient.
A method for treating female stress incontinence comprising inserting a positional sensor enabled catheter within a patient bladder, determining the position of the bladder relative to a fixed reference point within the patient;
- and manipulating the bladder to a position suitable for alleviating the incontinence.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.