US 11,938,077 B2
Apparatus, system, and method for testing and exercising the pelvic floor musculature
Gunnar Leivseth, Oslo (NO); and Ole Jakob Olsen, Stathelle (NO)
Assigned to Pelvital USA, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by PELVITAL USA, INC., Plymouth, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/589,681.
Application 17/589,681 is a continuation of application No. 15/618,104, filed on Jun. 8, 2017, granted, now 11,234,894.
Application 15/618,104 is a continuation of application No. 14/009,429, granted, now 9,949,888, issued on Apr. 24, 2018, previously published as PCT/NO2012/050058, filed on Apr. 5, 2012.
Claims priority of application No. 20110524 (NO), filed on Apr. 5, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2022/0226187 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. A61H 19/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01); A63B 23/20 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A61H 19/40 (2013.01) [A61B 5/227 (2013.01); A63B 23/20 (2013.01); A63B 24/0087 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/51 (2013.01); A63B 2220/64 (2013.01); A63B 2220/80 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01); A63B 2230/60 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. An apparatus for strengthening vaginal tissue, the apparatus being removably insertable into a pelvic opening, the apparatus comprising:
a probe configured to be removably insertable into the pelvic opening, the probe having an interior;
a plurality of oscillators disposed in the interior of the probe, wherein each oscillator is oriented in a different axis within the interior of the probe, whereby each oscillator oscillates in a different axis;
a multi-axis accelerometer disposed in the interior of the probe, wherein the multi-axis accelerometer is configured to detect oscillations along a plurality of axes;
a signal processor in operative communication with each of the oscillators and the multi-axis accelerometer, wherein the signal processor calculates a change in oscillations between each of the oscillators and the accelerometer; and
a display in communication with the signal processor, the display being configured to show the change in oscillations to a user.