ANSELL, DARREN WILLIAM,SANDERS, CAROLINE,LEATHER, PETER,KURU, KAYA,AMINA, MAHDI
申请号：
CA2993156
公开号：
CA2993156A1
申请日:
2016.07.25
申请国别(地区):
CA
年份:
2017
代理人:
摘要：
The present invention relates to methods and apparatuses for estimating the status of a bladder, especially with respect to the likelihood of an imminent voiding of the bladder. The apparatuses carry out computer-implemented methods of estimating a bladder status employing a bladder monitor which collects bladder data (e.g. using ultrasound) and transmits the bladder data to a data processor for algorithmic conversion to a bladder status. Such algorithms may be trained and tuned to a particular person's bladder. Having established a bladder status based on otherwise esoteric bladder data, the data processor may then trigger an alert signal where the bladder status meets particular criteria indicating an imminent voiding event. Such a trigger signal may be used to alert a nocturnal enuresis patient to an impending void so that they can be awoken before any bedwetting occurs.
