Methods and apparatuses for estimating bladder status

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PATENT NO 12237080
APP PUB NO 20230162853A1
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17875004

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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.

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  • UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Amina, Mahdi Preston, GB 2 7
Ansell, Darren William Lancashire, GB 3 33
Kuru, Kaya Preston, GB 2 7
Leather, Peter Liverpool, GB 5 36
Sanders, Caroline Prince George, CA 2 7

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