Patent ID: 8128576

Claim:
A urodynamic system, which comprises: a first implantable device sized for implantation within a patient's bladder, the first implantable device including a housing having a first end, a second end, and a longitudinal axis extending between the first and second ends, the first implantable device including at least one sensor for sensing a physiological property within the bladder, the first implantable device having mounted thereon a first inductive coil and a first magnet, wherein the first magnet is located at the first end of the housing of the first implantable device and the at least one sensor is located at the second end of the housing of the first implantable device; and a second implantable device sized for implantation within the patient's vagina, the second implantable device including a power source and the second implantable device having mounted thereon a second inductive coil and a second magnet; the first magnet of the first device being magnetically attractable to the second magnet of the second device to hold the first end of the housing of the first implantable device against a wall of the bladder and orient the at least one sensor at the second end of the housing of the first implantable device away from the wall of the bladder for minimizing obstruction of the at least one sensor and to maintain the first device in proximity to the second device to effect an inductive coupling between the first inductive coil of the first device and the second inductive coil of the second device when the first and second devices are respectively implanted in the patient's bladder and vagina.