Patent ID: 8439845
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. A non-surgically implantable method for measuring a bulbocavernosus reflex, comprising: a probe a patient contacting portion configured for being brought into contact with a predetermined body area of a patient with sufficient force for inducing, via a mechanical stimulation of the predetermined body area from the force, a reflex of bulbocavernosus muscle, said probe comprising; (i) a housing with a bore there through, said housing containing a piezoelectric disk, said disk electrically connected to an amplifier and activated by a power source; (iii) a patient contacting portion comprises stimulus plunger having first and second ends and having a shaft that extends through the bore, said shaft being movable along a longitudinal axis and having an expanded portion that prevents the stimulus plunger from sliding our of an opening in the housing; and (iii) a compression spring that biases said second end of the stimulus plunger away from contact with the piezoelectric disk;