Method and apparatus for monitoring the pelvic floor muscles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 11406279
APP PUB NO 20170319103A1
SERIAL NO

15522660

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A method of differentiating between a strain and a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) of a subject includes receiving data generated by an orientation sensor provided within a vaginal probe device that is located within the vaginal canal of the subject and utilizing a processor to process data generated by the orientation sensor to determine a direction of rotation of the vaginal probe device during a measurement period. When the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the cranial-ventral direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a contraction of the PFM during the measurement period; and when the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the caudal-dorsal direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a strain of the PFM during the measurement period.

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  • CHIARO TECHNOLOGY LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bergmann, Jeroen Oxford, GB 3 0
Bose, Raunaq Croydon, GB 12 20
Crotty, Kay Harrow, GB 2 0
Levy, Ben London, GB 2 0

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