US Patent Issued to Axena Health on May 13 for "Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring bladder function" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,295,732, issued on May 13, was assigned to Axena Health Inc. (Auburndale, Mass.).

"Devices, systems, and methods for monitoring bladder function" was invented by Marc D. Beer (Sudbury, Mass.), Samantha J. Pulliam (Boston) and Jessica L. McKinney (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Featured are urodynamic catheters, intravaginal devices, and intrarectal devices, systems and kits thereof, and methods of using the devices, systems, and kits to observe pelvic floor movements in order to monitor bladder function in order to diagnose, treat, or prevent urinary incontinence disorders, such as urge incontinence and stress incontinence."

The ...