US 12,138,019 B2
Devices, systems, and methods for training pelvic floor muscles
Marc D. Beer, Auburndale, MA (US); Jose Bohorquez, Auburndale, MA (US); Samantha J. Pulliam, Auburndale, MA (US); and Jessica L. McKinney, Auburndale, MA (US)
Assigned to Axena Health, Inc., Auburndale, MA (US)
Appl. No. 17/046,450
Filed by Axena Health, Inc., Auburndale, MA (US)
PCT Filed Apr. 12, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/027168
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 9, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/200222, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 17, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/657,585, filed on Apr. 13, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0161403 A1, Jun. 3, 2021
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); A61B 5/1455 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/021 (2006.01); A61B 5/024 (2006.01); A61B 5/08 (2006.01); A61B 5/20 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/02055 (2013.01) [A61B 5/1102 (2013.01); A61B 5/1114 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/14551 (2013.01); A61B 5/224 (2013.01); A61B 5/4023 (2013.01); A61B 5/4337 (2013.01); A61B 5/4869 (2013.01); A61B 5/6856 (2013.01); A61B 5/7282 (2013.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); A61B 5/02125 (2013.01); A61B 5/024 (2013.01); A61B 5/0816 (2013.01); A61B 5/1107 (2013.01); A61B 5/202 (2013.01); A61B 2505/09 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/029 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of detecting a pelvic floor movement in a subject wearing an intravaginal device comprising two or more sensors comprising:
a) obtaining positional data comprising sensor angle and time from the two or more sensors;
b) processing the data from the two or more sensors to produce a composite score using the positional data to determine an occurrence of the pelvic floor movement, wherein the processing comprises measuring:
(i) a change in sensor angle for each of the sensors, wherein the change in sensor angle is the difference between an angle during a pelvic floor lift and an angle during pelvic floor relaxation; and
(ii) a change in sensor angle with respect to time; and
(iiii) a derivative of the change in sensor angle with respect to time, and detecting the pelvic floor movement when the change in sensor angle with respect to time exceeds a predetermined threshold; and
c) employing the processed data to provide an alert presenting physiological data regarding the pelvic floor movement.