JPH08131561A - Medical treatment device for incontinuence for woman - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To provide a medical treatment device for incontinence for a woman to reduce symptoms of incontinence by inserting an insertion part into a sexial organ of woman in which electrodes are embedded in an outer circumference, and applying pulses between the electrodes to stimulate bottom muscles of the pelvis for strengthening the muscles. CONSTITUTION: At a tip of a main body part 11 of a hollow cylindrical form, an insertion part 10 having an integrally moulded head part 12 for preventing removal is formed. The insertion part 10 is of insulation material having proper softness, and it is desirable that antibacterial coating treatment is applied to the surface of it. Electrodes 13, 13... are embedded in an outer circumference of the main body part 11 in two stages. The electrodes 13 are equally disposed in the outer circumference of the main body part 11 to be arranged at different embedding positions for the stages. In addition, the electrodes 13 are connected to a controller 20 separately through a multi-core cables 14. This insertion part 10 is inserted into a sexial organ of a woman, electric pulses are applied by the controller 20, thereby electric stimulation is applied to bottom muscles of the pelvis.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a female urinary incontinence treatment device for treating female urinary incontinence symptoms.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There are many urinary incontinence patients, especially for women who have had a childbirth history since middle age.

Conventionally, treatment measures for urinary incontinence symptoms have been mainly related to the disposal of discharged urine such as wearing underwear using an antibacterial material and applying an adult diaper. The method of actively treating itself is
Not established.

In addition to urinary incontinence, true urinary incontinence and stress urinary incontinence, which are mainly caused by the weakness of the pelvic floor muscles including the urethral sphincter, and overflow caused by prostatic hypertrophy and urethral stricture Urinary incontinence caused by urinary incontinence, cystitis, etc. are known, but here, the former is targeted.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION In view of the circumstances of the prior art, the object of the present invention is to electrically stimulate and strengthen the pelvic floor muscle group by using an insertion portion with electrodes. An object of the present invention is to provide a urinary incontinence treatment device for women, which can relieve urinary incontinence symptoms.

[0006]

The structure of the present invention to achieve the above object is to insert an insulating material, a plurality of electrodes embedded in the outer periphery of the inserting material, and to apply an electric pulse between the electrodes. It is the gist to have a controller.

The insertion portion is made of soft silicone rubber, and its surface can be subjected to antibacterial coating treatment.

The electrodes may be noble metal electrodes or ceramic electrodes.

Further, the electrodes may be arranged in a plurality of stages, and the embedding position may be different for each stage.

On the other hand, the controller may include a switching circuit that randomly switches the electrodes to which the electric pulse is applied.

[0011]

According to the structure of the invention, since the electrode is embedded in the outer periphery of the insertion portion, the electrode can be inserted into the female genitals and the electric pulse from the controller can be applied between the electrodes. The electric pulse at this time electrically stimulates the pelvic floor muscle group and strengthens the pelvic floor muscle group, whereby the urinary incontinence symptom can be relieved.

If the insertion part is made of soft silicone rubber and the surface is subjected to an antibacterial coating treatment, the insertion part can be easily handled due to its flexibility, and a good feeling of use can be obtained. Occurrence can be prevented.
The antibacterial coating treatment has various mechanism of action including cell wall synthesis disorder, cell membrane disorder, nucleic acid synthesis disorder and protein synthesis disorder in addition to surface treatment with a metal compound preparation having antibacterial properties such as copper and cobalt. Drugs such as antibiotics, chemotherapeutic agents, anti-infective agents and bactericidal agents can be appropriately selected and used in combination.

If the electrode is a noble metal electrode or a ceramic electrode, the electrode will not elute due to electrolytic corrosion in the body, and is safer. Note that a gold electrode or a platinum electrode is preferable as the noble metal electrode.

When the electrodes are arranged in a plurality of stages, an electric pulse is applied between electrodes belonging to different stages,
It is possible to apply electrical stimulation to the pelvic floor muscle group over a wide range along the longitudinal direction of the insertion portion.

Similarly, if the embedding position of the electrode is made different for each step, the electric pulse at this time flows so as to rotate along the outer periphery of the insertion portion, and to the pelvic floor muscle group contacting the insertion portion, Electrical stimulation can be applied over a wider range.

When the controller has a switching circuit,
Since the switching circuit randomly switches the electrodes to which the electric pulse is applied, it is possible to apply stimulation to a wider area of the pelvic floor muscle group in contact with the insertion portion and improve the therapeutic effect.

[0017]

Embodiments Embodiments will be described below with reference to the drawings.

The urinary incontinence treatment device for women comprises an insertion portion 10.
And a controller 20 (FIG. 1).

The insertion portion 10 is constructed by integrally molding a retaining head 12 on the tip of a hollow cylindrical main body 11. The insertion portion 10 is preferably made of an insulating material having appropriate flexibility, for example, soft silicone rubber, and its surface is preferably subjected to antibacterial coating treatment. The insertion portion 10 may have a length of about 50 mm, an outer diameter of the main body 11 of about 20 mm, and a maximum diameter of about 35 mm.

The electrodes 13, 13 ...
Are buried in two stages. The electrodes 13 are equally arranged on the outer periphery of the main body 11, and are arranged so that the embedding positions are different for each step (FIGS. 1 and 2). 2A and 2B are respectively XX line and YY line in FIG.
FIG. Each electrode 13 is assumed to penetrate to the inside of the main body 11.

It is preferable that each electrode 13 has a size of, for example, about 3 × 3 mm, and is a noble metal electrode such as a gold electrode or a platinum electrode or a ceramic electrode.

Each electrode 13 is connected via a multi-core cable 14,
They are individually connected to the controller 20. The multi-core cable 14 is pulled out in a watertight manner through the bottom of the main body 11. In addition, the insertion part 10 includes electrodes 13, 13
After connecting the multi-core cable 14 to ..., The inside may be filled with a filler to be solidly finished.

The controller 20 comprises a timer 21, a pulse generator 22, and a switching circuit 23, which are connected in series (FIG. 3). The output of the switching circuit 23 is transmitted via the multi-core cable 14 to the electrode 1
3, 3, ... Are individually connected.

Now, the timer 21 generates a timer signal S1 having a width T2 <T1 for each cycle T1 (FIG. 4). Further, it is assumed that the pulse generator 22 operates only when the timer signal S1 from the timer 21 is present, and repeatedly generates the electric pulse S2 having an extremely short width every cycle T3 << T2.

On the other hand, the switching circuit 23 includes a pulse generator 22.
For each electric pulse S2 from the electrodes 13, 13, ...
Among them, an arbitrary pair is randomly selected and the electric pulse S2 is applied to the selected electrodes 13 and 13. That is, the electric pulse S2 is applied between the electrodes 13 selected by the switching circuit 23, and the switching circuit 23
The electrodes 13, 13 to which the electric pulse S2 is applied can be switched at random.

Therefore, when the insertion section 10 is inserted into the vagina of the female genitals and the controller 20 is operated, the pelvic floor muscles located near the insertion section 10 are electrically applied to the electrodes 13, 13. By receiving electrical stimulation by the pulse S2, urinary incontinence is prevented, and the muscular strength is gradually strengthened and strengthened, whereby urinary incontinence symptoms can be relieved.

The electric pulse S2 is applied to the electrodes 13, 13
In between, the peak value is preferably about 1 to 7V.
If the voltage is too low, the effect is not observed, and if the voltage is too high, the stimulus is too strong, which may cause pain. Also,
The width of each electric pulse S2 is, for example, several ms depending on the case.
The period T3 is 20-50m.
It is better to set it to about S. On the other hand, the period T1 set in the timer 21 is, for example, several minutes to several tens depending on the case.
The period T2 <T1 may be set within a few seconds to a few minutes.

In the above description, the switching circuit 23 does not select the electrodes 13 and 13 for each electric pulse S2, but instead of selecting the electrodes 13, 13 at an appropriate time length while the electric pulse S2 is generated. Alternatively, 13 and 13 may be randomly selected. Further, the switching circuit 23 includes a pair of electrodes 13,
13 may be selected at random, and an arbitrary number of two or more electrodes 13, 13 ... May be randomly selected. Further, the switching circuit 23 may manually select the electrodes 13, 13 ... To which the electric pulse S2 is applied.

It should be noted that when power is supplied from the commercial power source, the controller 20 needs to be powered through a high performance insulating transformer for safety, but more preferably, it should be an independent power source using a battery. Is. In the latter case, the controller 20 can be incorporated in the insertion section 10.

[0030]

As described above, according to the present invention, by combining the insertion portion with the electrode made of an insulating material and the controller for applying the electric pulse between the electrodes, the insertion portion becomes a female genital organ. By inserting and applying an electric pulse from the controller between the electrodes and applying electrical stimulation to the pelvic floor muscles and strengthening them, it is possible to effectively relieve urinary incontinence symptoms. is there.

[Brief description of drawings]

[Figure 1] Overall configuration diagram

2 is a cross-sectional view of the main part of FIG.

[Figure 3] Overall electrical system diagram

[Figure 4] Operation waveform diagram

[Explanation of symbols]

 S2 ... Electrical pulse 10 ... Insertion part 13 ... Electrode 20 ... Controller 23 ... Switching circuit

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A device for treating urinary incontinence for a woman, comprising an insertion part made of an insulating material, a plurality of electrodes embedded in the outer periphery of the insertion part, and a controller for applying an electric pulse between the electrodes. 2. The female urinary incontinence treatment device according to claim 1, wherein the insertion portion is made of soft silicone rubber, and the surface thereof is subjected to an antibacterial coating treatment. 3. The device for treating urinary incontinence for women according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is a noble metal electrode. 4. The female urinary incontinence treatment instrument according to claim 1, wherein the electrode is a ceramic electrode. 5. The urinary incontinence treatment instrument for women according to claim 1, wherein the electrodes are arranged in a plurality of stages. 6. The device for treating urinary incontinence for women according to claim 5, wherein the electrode has a different embedding position for each step. 7. The device for treating urinary incontinence for women according to claim 1, wherein the controller includes a switching circuit that randomly switches electrodes to which electric pulses are applied.