US 12,295,732 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring bladder function
Marc D. Beer, Sudbury, MA (US); Samantha J. Pulliam, Boston, MA (US); and Jessica L. McKinney, Boston, MA (US)
Assigned to Axena Health, Inc., Auburndale, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/290,389
Filed by Renovia Inc., Boston, MA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 29, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/058527
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/092343, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/752,987, filed on Oct. 30, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0353195 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/06 (2006.01); A61B 5/07 (2006.01); A61M 25/01 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/202 (2013.01) [A61B 5/067 (2013.01); A61B 5/07 (2013.01); A61B 5/205 (2013.01); A61B 5/6856 (2013.01); A61B 5/7435 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61B 2562/028 (2013.01); A61B 2562/043 (2013.01); A61M 2025/0166 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of evaluating a bladder function of a subject comprising performing one or more urodynamic measurements with a system comprising a urodynamic catheter comprising multiple lumens and a plurality of positional sensors located along a length of the catheter and an intravaginal or intrarectal device comprising a plurality of positional sensors located along a length of the device, and wherein each of the urodynamic catheter and the intravaginal or intrarectal device comprises a transmitter and/or receiver that communicates positional data comprising sensor angle and time to an electronic device;
wherein each of the urodynamic catheter and the intravaginal or intrarectal device transmits the positional data to the electronic device to monitor a bladder function of the subject, wherein the electronic device processes the positional data to detect, diarize, and discriminate between a bladder function comprising one or more of voiding, urge, knack, cough, Valsalva, reflex levator response, pelvic floor muscle contraction, filling, emptying, capacity, sensation, compliance, and leaking.