Patent ID: 6498953
Filing Date: 2002-12-24
Classification: A61B,A61F,Y10S

Abstract:
A biofeedback device for signaling an impending elimination of bodily waste, the biofeedback device comprising:(a) a sensing element adapted to be in contact with a body so as to detect an electrical activity of a sphincter muscle surrounding a bodily opening; the sensing element comprising a receiving unit adapted to: (i) establish a basal electrical activity for the sphincter muscle by monitoring the electrical activity over a specified time period; (ii) identify a correlation between a change in the basal electrical activity and an elimination of bodily waste, the change constituting a specified electrical activity correlating to a voluntary contraction of the sphincter muscle; (iii) determine whether the specified electrical activity recurs during continued monitoring; and (b) a signaling element operatively connected to the receiving unit, the signaling element adapted to provide a signal upon the determination by the receiving unit that the specified electrical activity has recurred.