A Novel Wireless Electrical Muscle Simulator for Female Urinary Incontinence

摘要

Urinary Incontinence (UI) is one of the most acknowledged diseases that affected human health, and more than 1/5 females in this world suffer from this disease. In this paper, we present a novel electrical muscle simulator for the urinary incontinence, which adopted the wireless communication technique. The equipment is composed of a controller and an electrode pole. The electrode is inserted in female vagina or anus, and is controlled by the controller to generate some types of electrical pulses to produce appropriate stimulation. The application of wireless control on the stimulator makes it possible for the patient to do the exercise and therapy by themselves and their activity not to be restricted. Moreover, it avoids the mental obstacles ashamed for therapy in the hospital. We made the stimulator and the results showed that the equipment can work effectively that the stimulation can have the muscle be treated in desirable mode with good accuracy.