Patent ID: 7004899

Claim:
A portable, self-contained medical diagnostic system for assessing urinary function comprising: a control device having a substantially rigid outer casing, and including a microprocessor, a pump device, memory storing therein at least one software routine, and a pressure sensor are positioned within the outer casing; a test module having a substantially rigid outer casing, the test module being removably coupled to the control device, and further comprising a pressure interface positioned within the test module outer casing and a tubing assembly positioned partially within the test module housing and defining a first fluid conduit between a first fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, wherein the pump device is coupled with the first fluid conduit for pumping fluid therethrough; and an insert member having a first channel therethrough and coupled to the first fluid outlet so that fluid flowing through the first fluid conduit may flow through the first channel, the insert member being dimensioned for insertion into a patient's bladder through the patient's urethral canal, wherein, when the insert member is inserted into the patient's bladder, the pressure interface is in fluid communication with the bladder such that a pressure at the pressure interface substantially corresponds to a pressure within the bladder, the pressure interface further being positioned relative to the pressure sensor so as to transmit bladder pressure information thereto, and wherein the microprocessor, via execution of the at least one software routine, controls operation of the pump and obtains bladder pressure information.