Patent ID: 6905471
Filing Date: 2005-06-14
Classification: A61B,A61H,A63B

Abstract:
1. A method for training floor muscles in order to treat or prevent urinary or faecal incontinence comprising the steps of (a) inserting a probe with a vibrator and a force sensor into a person's vagina or rectum, (b) ascertaining initially the highest value of a force that can be applied by the person at contraction of the pelvic floor muscles with vibrator operating or shut off, (c) registering said highest value, repeating the contraction of the pelvic floor muscles at intervals and comparing the force applied by the pelvic floor muscles at each contraction with the highest value, (d) activating the vibrator if by comparison the force applied by the person at each contraction of the pelvic floor muscles has a predetermined relationship to said registered highest value, and (e) maintaining the vibrator activated for a predetermined period as long as the predetermined relationship is maintained.