PROPOSED NEW BLADDER VOLUME MONITORING DEVICE BASED ON IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT

Authors
PROVOST B SAWAN M
Citation
B. Provost et M. Sawan, PROPOSED NEW BLADDER VOLUME MONITORING DEVICE BASED ON IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT, Medical & biological engineering & computing, 35(6), 1997, pp. 691-694
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Engineering, Biomedical","Computer Science Interdisciplinary Applications","Medical Informatics
Journal title
Medical & biological engineering & computing → ACNP
ISSN journal
01400118
Volume
35
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
691 - 694
Database
ISI
SICI code
0140-0118(1997)35:6<691:PNBVMD>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
A new implantable bladder volume-monitoring device based on the impeda nce measurement of the detrusor muscle is described. The system is com pletely autonomous and forms a mixed-signal (analogue/digital) feedbac k loop with a neuro-stimulator to rectify bladder dysfunctions (incont inence and retention) through neuromuscular stimulation techniques. A programmable instrumentation amplifier and a signal processing block, to eliminate the artefacts caused by the patient's movements, have bee n designed and tested. The layout for the signal processing block has been realised in 0.8 mu m BiCMOS technology.