US 12,029,526 B2
Therapeutic pelvic region analyzer and method of use thereof
Domingo E. Galliano, Port Charlotte, FL (US); Kathleen Lueck, Port Charlotte, FL (US); Christopher Ross, Davie, FL (US); and Thomas Fernandez, Miramar, FL (US)
Filed by Domingo E. Galliano, Port Charlotte, FL (US); Kathleen Lueck, Port Charlotte, FL (US); Christopher Ross, Davie, FL (US); and Thomas Fernandez, Miramar, FL (US)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/699,399.
Application 16/699,399 is a continuation in part of application No. 14/873,780, filed on Oct. 2, 2015, abandoned.
Application 14/873,780 is a continuation in part of application No. 13/399,906, filed on Feb. 17, 2012, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/443,759, filed on Feb. 17, 2011.
Prior Publication US 2020/0178806 A1, Jun. 11, 2020
Int. Cl. A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/0053 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/202 (2013.01); A61B 5/227 (2013.01); A61B 5/486 (2013.01); A61B 5/6846 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
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1. A method for providing pelvic region therapy, the method comprising:
providing a therapeutic pelvic region analyzer comprising:
an expandable device sized and shaped for insertion into an opening in a pelvic region of a user;
a reservoir fluidly coupled to the expandable device and configured to temporarily retain and expel an amount of water;
a tube defining a fluid-flow path for the amount of water between the expandable device and the reservoir; and
a fluid-flow control valve disposed between the expandable device and the reservoir that is a one-way valve and operable to adjust a level of resistance from a range of resistances as the amount of water passes from the expandable device to the reservoir and allow the amount of water to flow freely when the amount of water is moved from the reservoir to the expandable device while the fluid-flow control valve is set to a selected level of resistance of the range of resistances;
providing a fluid flow rate reading device coupled to the fluid-flow control valve, the fluid flow rate reading device operable to measure a flow rate of water moved from the expandable device to the reservoir;
inserting the expandable device in the pelvic region of the user;
expelling the amount of water from the reservoir to the expandable device along the fluid-flow path;
adjusting the selected level of resistance of the fluid-flow control valve to a first level of resistance of the range of resistances;
instructing the user to contract the pelvic region to expel the amount of water from the expandable device in a direction to the reservoir;
measuring the flow rate of water moved from the expandable device to the reservoir as a result of the user contracting the pelvic region;
repeating the step of expelling the amount of water from the reservoir to the expandable device along the fluid-flow path, and then:
adjusting the selected level of resistance of the fluid-flow control valve to a second level of resistance of the range of resistances;
instructing the user to contract the pelvic region to expel the amount of water from the expandable device in the direction to the reservoir; and
measuring the flow rate of water moved from the expandable device to the reservoir as a result of the user contracting the pelvic region with the fluid-flow control valve adjusted to the second level of resistance.