KR101816005B1 - A apparatus for examining and for training urinary incontinence - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a device for inspecting and training urinary incontinence, and more particularly, to a device for inspecting and training urinary incontinence that can be controlled wirelessly. Output module through the first wireless input / output module, and outputting the first operation data and the second operation data internally generated through the first wireless input / output module through the information input / output module; And a second wireless input / output module provided in the wireless communication unit, wherein the second wireless input / output module is wirelessly connected to the control unit to perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the plurality of command signals, And an operation unit for generating the corresponding first operation data.

Description

[0001] APPARATUS FOR EXAMINING AND FOR TRAINING [0002] URINARY INCONTINENCE [0003]

The present invention relates to an apparatus for inspecting and training urinary incontinence, and more particularly to a device for inspecting and training urine incontinence which can be controlled wirelessly.

Urinary incontinence refers to a disorder in the control of bladder and urethral sphincter that causes the pressure in the bladder to exceed the maximum urethral resistance and has an involuntary urine discharge. The urinary incontinence, which is an objective manifestation of involuntary urination, It can be defined as a group.

Urinary Incontinence, Stress Incontinence and Mixed Stress & Urge Incontinence can be classified as urinary incontinence.

Urgent urinary incontinence is caused by the instability of the detrusor. When urination is attempted, there is no force to stop the flow of urine.

Stress urinary incontinence occurs when the urinary pressure increases, suddenly the abdominal pressure suddenly rises and urine less than 50ml leaks from the urethral ligament, the cavernosal muscle, the perineal transverse muscles, and anal sphincter muscle are loosened. Sneezing, laughing, lifting things, running, nose-pulling, harshness, impatience, excitement, rushing up the stairs, and standing up suddenly. Mixed urinary incontinence is a combination of urge incontinence and stress urinary incontinence, which is the cause of stress incontinence and decreased detrusor tension.

In general, incontinence is more common in women than in men. In modern society, where women are increasingly entering society and the elderly population is rapidly increasing, the mental, social and economic damage to women is very serious. First, in an economic view, a 1989 report in the US suggested that the amount paid for incontinence management was more than US $ 10 billion, which was more than the amount spent on HIV / AIDS treatment, which was a lot of economic problems.

The physical damage is due to the constantly wetting of the vulva, which is susceptible to mold infections and contact dermatitis. In mental harm, anxiety, tension and numbness caused by unpleasant odors interfere with interpersonal and social activities. Negative influences may also cause emotional disturbances such as depression or alienation.

Moreover, excessive kidneys of the pelvic structures due to pregnancy and childbirth are known to weaken the contractility of the pelvic muscles (vaginal muscles), as well as to impair sexual function and become a factor of urinary incontinence. According to the survey, 90% of women have experienced avoidance of marital relationship more than once because of incontinence, and more than 80% of women with severe symptoms avoid marital relationship. Incontinence is a disease that can not be ignored among the factors that interfere with the life of the couple beyond the inconvenience of daily life.

Urinary incontinence tests include questionnaires, questionnaires, urinalysis, urinary retention, urodynamics, cystoscopy, radiology and ultrasound, urination diary, padding, and vaginal pressure measurement.

Of these, the vaginal contraction pressure gauge is a foreign-made manual (pump) and electronic type. In hospitals and research institutes, it is mainly used to measure pelvic floor muscle contraction pressure and pelvic floor muscle contraction pressure duration, Measure the effect of pelvic floor strengthening exercise (Kegel exercise). However, such a measuring instrument is specialized, so that it is difficult to use it personally and it is very difficult to operate it.

Treatment of urinary incontinence includes medication, surgery, and non-surgical treatment. Drugs include anticholinergic agents, smooth muscle relaxants, and tricyclic antidepressants. Surgical procedures include sling surgery, birch surgery, tape TVT surgery, collagen injection, and balloon therapy.

Non-operative therapy can be divided into physiotherapy and behavior therapy. Physiotherapy includes electrical stimulation therapy, magnetic field therapy, vaginal cone, thermal therapy, magnetic therapy, and feedback using a vasoconstriction pressure gauge.

Among them, electric stimulation therapy is a method of inducing passive muscle strengthening by applying electrical stimulation to the pelvic muscle, and magnetic field therapy is a method of passively contracting the pelvic muscle by forming a magnetic field.

Behavioral therapies include bladder training, Kegel exercise, and biofeedback. The bladder training is a method of urination training according to time. The Kegel exercise is a pelvic muscle exercise designed by Arnold Kegel in 1948. It helps muscle function and strength through contraction of the pelvic floor muscle and helps in the treatment of urinary incontinence and muscles. The state is widely applied as a movement. Pelvic floor muscles (vaginal muscles) are usually not used well, so it is important to exercise with the correct muscles, which is more likely to use abdominal muscles or buttocks muscles in addition to pelvic muscle during pelvic muscle exercise, This results in a worsening of urinary incontinence.

Biofeedback refers to physiological self-regulation, which is one of the behavioral therapies based on BF Skinner's learning through reinforcement. It detects the biological response of the patient and displays it in the visual, auditory, And to learn, learn, and feel by seeing, listening, and feeling to the patient.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a urinary incontinence inspection and training device which can be controlled by a user wirelessly through a small personal terminal such as a smart phone.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an information input / output module for generating a plurality of command signals input through an information input / output module according to an operation of a user and outputting the plurality of command signals through a first wireless input / output module, A controller for outputting first operation data and second operation data generated through the wireless input / output module through the information input / output module; And a second wireless input / output module provided in the wireless communication unit, wherein the second wireless input / output module is wirelessly connected to the control unit to perform a predetermined operation corresponding to the plurality of command signals, And an operation unit for generating the corresponding first operation data.

The user can control the urinary incontinence test and training device wirelessly through a small personal terminal such as a smart phone by oneself. Therefore, it is possible to obtain the effect that the user can easily examine and treat urinary incontinence by himself or herself.

Also, since the user can easily grasp the current incontinence treatment and inspection status of the user through the information fed back through the screen, the convenience of use can be improved.

1 is a view for explaining the concept of an incontinence inspection and training apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an operation part of the urinary incontinence test and training device according to an embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is to be understood that the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but may be embodied in many different forms and should not be construed as limited to the embodiments set forth herein, Is provided to fully inform the user.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an incontinence testing and training apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a view illustrating an embodiment of the urinary incontinence testing and training apparatus shown in FIG. 1. FIG.

Referring to FIG. 1, an incontinence test and training device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of command signals VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, and STRESS_COMMEND input through an information input / output module 1022, Output module 1024, and generates first operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) applied through the first wireless input / output module 1024 and second internally generated second operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) Output module 1022, a second wireless input / output module 1044 that is contacted with or inserted into the body part of the patient's body and is provided therein, And performs a predetermined operation corresponding to a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) through wireless connection with the control unit (102) And an operation unit 104 for generating the data (DATA).

The operation unit 104 is connected to the first wireless input / output module 1024 wirelessly and receives a plurality of command signals VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, and TEMPERATURE_COMMEND and outputs first operation data MEASUREMENT_DATA And a second wireless input / output module 1044 for performing various vibration operations in response to a first command signal VIBRATE_COMMEND or first operation data MEASUREMENT_DATA among a plurality of command signals VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, and TEMPERATURE_COMMEND An electronic operation unit 1046 for generating an electric electromagnetic force in response to a second command signal (ELECTRIC_COMMEND) among a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) For measuring the pressure in the body cavity in response to the third command signal STRESS_COMMEND of the command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) A temperature measurement operating section 1048 for measuring the temperature inside the body cavity in response to a fourth command signal TEMPERATURE_COMMEND among a plurality of command signals VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND and TEMPERATURE_COMMEND; A measurement operation control unit 1043 for generating first operation data MEASUREMENT_DATA in response to a measurement signal MEASUREMENT_SIGNAL output from the measurement operation unit 1047 and the temperature measurement operation unit 1048 and a second wireless input / A power supply unit 1049 for supplying the operation power source Vact to the module 1044, the vibration operation unit 1045, the electronic operation unit 1046, the pressure measurement operation unit 1047 and the temperature measurement operation unit 1048 Respectively.

Referring to the detailed configuration of the operation unit 104 as described above, the set operation of the operation unit 104 described above is performed in accordance with the volume of the body cavity performed through the pressure measurement operation unit 1047 and the temperature measurement operation unit 1048, The measurement operation for measuring pressure and temperature, and the generation of electric electromagnetic force for massaging and strengthening body cavity muscles performed through the vibration operation unit 1045 and the electronic operation unit 1046, and various vibration operations .

In addition, the various vibration operations may be performed in a manual operation mode in which the magnitude of the vibration is manually changed corresponding to the first command signal (VIBRATE_COMMEND) of the plurality of command signals, and the result of the measurement operation - the value of the first operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) And the automatic operation mode in which the intensity of the vibration is automatically varied according to the operation mode.

That is, the vibration operation unit 1045 may vary the intensity of the vibration corresponding to the first command signal (VIBRATE_COMMEND), and may change the intensity of the vibration according to the value of the first operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) The intensity may vary widely.

The first operation data MEASUREMENT_DATA that can be obtained through the pressure measurement operation unit 1047 and the temperature measurement operation unit 1048 among the components of the operation unit 104 includes volumetric measurement data inside the body cavity, Tension measurement data, shrinkage pressure measurement data, shrinkage duration measurement data, and the like.

The second operation data STORE_DATA generated in the control unit 102 corresponding to the first operation data MEASUREMENT_DATA includes treatment time data, exercise time data, exercise intensity data, exercise frequency data, and measurement history data Can be a form.

Among the components of the operation unit 104, the power supply unit 1049 can be divided into two configurations according to its operation method as follows.

First, when the external power Vext is supplied to the power supply unit 1049 as a wired line to generate the operation power supply Vact, the power supply unit 1049 further includes a battery 10492 having a set capacity and a set electrode 10494 An external power source Vext supplied through a set electrode 10494 is inputted and the battery 10492 is charged and the external power source Vext charged to the battery 10492 is outputted as the operation power source Vact And operates in such a manner that the battery 10492 is discharged.

When the external power Vext is supplied to the power supply unit 1049 to generate the operation power supply Vact, the power supply unit 1049 supplies power to the battery 10492 and the power supply wireless module 10496, And receives an external power source Vext supplied through a power supply wireless module 10496 wirelessly to receive a battery 10492 and an external power source Vext charged to the battery 10492 as an operation power source Vact), thereby operating in such a manner that the battery 10492 is discharged.

2, the outside of the operating portion 104 is formed in such a manner that a front portion thereof is convex and smoothly processed for insertion into the body cavity, and a form surrounded by a medical material such as medical silicone and medical PVC .

2, the control unit 102 includes a touch screen type device represented by a smart phone. The control unit 102 receives a plurality of command signals (for example, VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) from the user through the Bluetooth module corresponding to the first wireless input / output module 1024 and outputs the information to the first wireless input / output module 1024 Output module 1022, the first operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) is input through the Bluetooth module which is connected to the Bluetooth module and the second operation data (STORE_DATA) is internally generated and output to the touch screen corresponding to the information input / output module 1022 have.

Of course, in the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the controller 102 corresponds to a smart phone, the wireless input / output modules 1024 and 1044 correspond to a Bluetooth module, and the information input / output module 1022 corresponds to a smart phone The wireless input / output modules 1024 and 1044 may correspond to not only the Bluetooth module but also other wireless communication modules, if the wireless input / output operations can be performed. , And the information input / output module 1022 may correspond to a keypad for input and a screen for output

The operation of the urinary incontinence inspecting and training apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings shown in FIG. 2 based on the above-described configuration.

First, in the smartphone-control unit 102, a command signal of any one of a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) Module < / RTI > 1024).

When a command signal of a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) output from the smartphone is applied to the incontinence operation device - operation part 104, the incontinence operation device Module - second wireless input / output module 1044).

In the urine incontinence operation device, an operation unit 1045, an electronic operation unit 1046, a pressure measurement operation unit 1047, and an operation unit 1046 corresponding to a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) And a temperature measurement operation unit 1048, which perform predetermined operations corresponding to the applied command signal.

As a result, after the operation set in the incontinence operation device is performed, the result - the first operation data (MEASUREMENT_DATA) - is transmitted to the smartphone through the Bluetooth module built in the incontinence operation device, It will be shown to the user through the screen.

The biofeedback operation that can be performed through the smartphone and the urinary incontinence operation device with reference to the above-described operation can be summarized as follows.

① Test / Measurement operation

- Muscle Tension Test to measure torsional strength of cervical muscle.

- Capacity measurement for measuring the volume in the body cavity (size)

- Contraction Pressure Test to measure the contraction pressure of the cervical muscle

- Contraction Duration Time Test to measure vaginal muscle contraction time

- Temperature to measure the vaginal temperature (Temperature)

② Treatment / Self Therapy

- Magnetic Therapy

- Vibrate Mass Therapy

③ Muscle strengthening exercises / biofeedback (Kegel Exercise / Biofeedback) operation

- exercise device (Exercise Device) as the incontinence operation device shrinks and expands

- Output through the screen as a light feedback action

- Vibration movement of incontinence device as sensory feedback

The smartphone for the biofeedback operation that can be performed through the above-described smartphone and incontinence operation device should further include a storage device for storing data transmitted through the Bluetooth. Based on the data stored in the storage device The exercise time data, the exercise time data, the exercise time data, the measurement history data, and the like can be generated and output through the screen. Based on the personal data of the user, the mode suitable for the user can be automatically / . ≪ / RTI >

At this time, the display items output from the screen on the smartphone may be a bar graph, a number, animation, or the like.

A button for generating a plurality of command signals (VIBRATE_COMMEND, ELECTRIC_COMMEND, STRESS_COMMEND, TEMPERATURE_COMMEND) through a user's operation in a smartphone may be exemplified as follows.

1) Tension / volume measurement button

2) Shrink pressure / duration measurement button

3) Temperature measurement button

4) Vibration / massage treatment button

5) Biofeedback button

As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, a user can control urinary incontinence testing and training apparatus wirelessly through a small personal terminal such as a smart phone by himself / herself. Therefore, the user can easily examine and treat urinary incontinence by himself / herself. At this time, the user can easily grasp the current incontinence treatment and inspection status of the user through the information fed back through the screen, thus enhancing the ease of use.

It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention as defined in the appended claims. Will be apparent to those of ordinary skill in the art.

102: control unit 104:
1022: an information input / output module 1024: a first wireless input / output module
1044: second wireless input / output module 1045:
1046: electronic operation unit 1047: pressure measurement operation unit
1048: Temperature measurement operation unit 1043: Measurement operation control unit
1049: Power supply

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Output module through the first wireless input / output module, and outputs the generated first operation data through the first wireless input / output module and the second operation data input through the second wireless input / A control unit for outputting operation data through the information input / output module; And
The wireless terminal is connected to a part of a patient's body or inserted into a body cavity and is wirelessly connected to the controller through a second wireless input and output module provided therein to perform a set operation corresponding to the plurality of command signals, And an operation unit for generating the first operation data,
Wherein,
A second wireless input / output module connected wirelessly with the first wireless input / output module to receive the plurality of command signals and output the first operation data;
A vibration operation unit for performing various vibration operations in response to the first command signal or the first operation data among the plurality of command signals;
An electronic operation unit for generating an electric electromagnetic force in response to a second command signal among the plurality of command signals;
A pressure measurement operation unit for measuring a pressure in the body cavity in response to a third command signal among the plurality of command signals;
A temperature measurement operation unit for measuring a temperature inside the body cavity in response to a fourth command signal among the plurality of command signals;
A measurement operation control unit for generating the first operation data in response to the measurement signal output from the pressure measurement operation unit and the temperature measurement operation unit; And
And a power supply unit for supplying operating power to the second wireless input / output module, the vibration operation unit, the electronic operation unit, the pressure measurement operation unit, and the temperature measurement operation unit.
The method according to claim 1,
In the set operation,
A measurement operation for measuring the volume, pressure and temperature inside the body cavity,
An electric electromagnetism for massaging and strengthening body cavity muscles, and a variety of vibratory movements.
3. The method of claim 2,
The various vibrating motions may include,
A manual operation mode in which the intensity of the vibration is manually varied corresponding to the plurality of command signals,
And an automatic operation mode in which the intensity of the vibration is automatically changed according to a result of the measurement operation.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first operation data includes volume measurement data, temperature measurement data, tension measurement data, contraction pressure measurement data, and contraction duration measurement data in a body cavity,
Wherein the second operation data is generated corresponding to the first operation data and includes treatment time data, exercise time data, exercise intensity data, exercise frequency data, and measurement history data.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein,
A touch screen type device typified by a smart phone,
Outputting information for generating the plurality of command signals through a touch screen corresponding to the information input / output module from a user through a Bluetooth module corresponding to the first wireless input / output module,
Output module receives the first and second operation data through a Bluetooth module corresponding to the first wireless input / output module, and outputs the first and second operation data to a touch screen corresponding to the information input / output module.
delete The method according to claim 1,
The power supply unit,
Wherein the battery further comprises a battery having a predetermined capacity and a set electrode, and the battery is charged with the external power supplied through the set electrode, and discharged as the operating power.
The method according to claim 1,
The power supply unit,
Wherein the battery is charged and is discharged as the operating power by receiving an external power supplied via the power supply wireless module wirelessly, the battery being charged and being discharged as the operating power, Device.
9. The method according to claim 7 or 8,
The outside of the operating portion,
Wherein the body is surrounded by medical materials such as medical silicone and medical PVC.

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