The Feasibility and Safety of the Glean Urodynamics System: Urodynamics is used to diagnose lower urinary tract dysfunction; however,...

Urodynamics (UDS) remains the gold-standard method for functional assessment of the lower urinary tract (LUT). However, UDS has many limitations and often fails to replicate patients’ symptoms [1–3]. We have developed a wireless, catheter-free intravesical pressure sensor, the UroMonitor (UM) to perform telemetric ambulatory bladder monitoring. Our aims were to evaluate the accuracy of UM-measured pressure data and assess the safety and feasibility of use in a first in huma

Urodynamics is the standard method of diagnosing bladder dysfunction, but involves catheters and retrograde bladder filling. With these artificial conditions, urodynamics cannot always reproduce patient complaints. We have developed a wireless, catheter-free intravesical pressure sensor, the UroMonitor, which enables catheter-free telemetric ambulatory bladder monitoring.

Continuous sacral neuromodulation (SNM) is used to treat overactive bladder, reducing urine leakage and increasing capacity. Conditional SNM applies stimulation in response to changing bladder conditions, and is an opportunity to study neuromodulation effects in various disease states.

We have developed a wireless, catheter-free intravesical pressure sensor, the UroMonitor (UM), to perform telemetric, catheter-free ambulatory bladder monitoring. Our objectives were to evaluate accuracy of UM pressure data and assess safety and feasibility of use in humans.

Ambulatory Urodynamic Monitoring: State of the art and future directions Benjamin Abelson, MD – Cleveland Clinic, Glickman Urological &...

Urinary incontinence, or the loss of bladder control, is a debilitating condition affecting millions worldwide, which significantly reduces quality of life. Neuromodulation of lower urinary tract nerves can be used to treat sensations of urgency in many subjects, including those with Spinal Cord Injury (SCI).

Diagnosis of lower urinary tract dysfunction with urodynamics has historically relied on data acquired from multiple sensors using nonphysiologically fast cystometric filling. In addition, state-of-the-art neuromodulation approaches to restore bladder function could benefit from a bladder sensor for closed-loop control, but a practical sensor and automated data analysis are not available.