It's hard for some folks who suffer illness-related urinary incontinence to judge whether they’ll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now.
to judge whether they'll be able to hold it until they get home, or if they should rush to a bathroom now.A newly developed soft, flexible, battery-free implant attaches to the bladder wall and senses the organ filling with urine, according to researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago.
“If bladder nerves are damaged from surgery or from a disease such as spina bifida, then a patient often loses sensation and is unaware that their bladder is full,” Ameer said in a news release. In small animal studies, the device successfully tracked bladder filling and emptying in real time for 30 days, researchers said.
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