April 29, 2016
Annually, surgeons perform over 150,000 surgeries to treat Stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in women. Over 12 billion dollar each year is spent on treating urinary incontinence. While there are several surgical treatment options available, mid-urethral slings are most commonly used to treat SUI. Post-surgical complications have a huge impact on the quality of life of the patient; some of the complications include: inability to urinate and sudden urge to urinate. Onesource of post-surgical complicationsis believed to be in thevariance in sling tension. If placed too tight, it can block the bladder outlet or if placed too loosely, it will not treat SUI. Despite recent advancements in sling technology,tension adjustment during sling placementremains anon-standardizedvariable that is subject to surgeon’s personal judgment.
Surgeons and biomedical engineers at University Hospitals and Case Western Reserve University have developed a hand-held pressure probe system that surgeons can use intraoperatively to objectively measure the pressure applied by mid-urethral slings on the urethra. The system includes: data-acquisition and analysis system on-board to alert the surgeon if the pressure is above a certain limit; disposable probe devices that can be used to detect a change in pressure on the sling over time.
An early version of this device iscurrently under clinical trialswhere data fromover 30 patientshas been collected and analyzed to create a benchmark for pressure vs outcomes studies.由于技术保密工作限制，技术信息无法完全展现，请通过邮箱或短信联系我们，获取更多技术资料。
treating urinary incontinence
surgical treatment options
surgeon’s personal judgment
disposable probe devices
analysis system on-board
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