Techniques for evaluating stress urinary incontinence (SUI) using involuntary reflex cough test

摘要

A system and method evaluates a patient for stress urinary incontinence. An involuntary reflex cough event is induced within the patient that activates the nucleus ambiguous and medial motor cell column of the patient and stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles in the pelvis of the patient. And elecromyogram (EMG) is obtained from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles and its duration determined. Any urine leakage time that occurs during the involuntary reflex cough event is identified and correlated within a processor together with the urine leakage time and EMG and duration of cough event to determine stress urinary incontinence.

主权项

1. A method of evaluating a patient for stress urinary incontinence, comprising:
inducing an involuntary reflex cough event within the patient that stimulates involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles; obtaining an electromyogram (EMG) from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles while inducing the involuntary reflex cough event; and identifying any urine leakage time that occurs during the involuntary reflex cough event and correlating within a processor the urine leakage time with the EMG data received from the involuntary cough activated paraspinal muscles to determine stress urinary incontinence.