Systems For And Methods Of Assessing Lower Urinary Tract Function Via Sound Analysis
First Claim
1. A method of assessing lower urinary tract function of a person, comprising:
- capturing the sound of a person'"'"'s micturition with a sound-capture device;
providing information with respect to one or more lower urinary tract symptoms associated with the micturition using the sound-capture device; and
analyzing the sound of micturition to determine at least one of the following attributes of the micturition;
strength and duration.
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Abstract
Systems for and methods of assessing lower urinary tract function from urinary flow data via sound analysis and user-provided information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) of frequency, urgency and urge incontinence. Embodiments of the LUTS assessment systems include a computer and a telephone or a digital recording mechanism to capture the sound of one or more urination events, which are stored as audio files in a database. The LUTS assessment systems may include sound analysis software for analyzing the strength and duration of each urination event and may include a web-based software application for viewing the results via the Internet or other network. The database stores information from multiple urination events, and combined with information regarding the lower urinary tract symptoms, serves as an objective tool to assess bladder function and monitor progression of disease or therapy effectiveness.
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26 Claims
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1. A method of assessing lower urinary tract function of a person, comprising:
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capturing the sound of a person'"'"'s micturition with a sound-capture device; providing information with respect to one or more lower urinary tract symptoms associated with the micturition using the sound-capture device; and analyzing the sound of micturition to determine at least one of the following attributes of the micturition;
strength and duration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method of assessing lower urinary tract function of a person, comprising:
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transferring the sound of a person'"'"'s micturition from a first location to a second location remote from the first location, wherein the transferring occurs substantially simultaneously with the micturition via a telecommunications network; providing information with respect to one or more lower urinary tract symptoms associated with the micturition from the first location to the second location via the telecommunications network immediately before or after the micturition; and analyzing the sound of micturition to determine at least one attribute of the micturition. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for assessing lower urinary tract function of a person using urinary flow data and lower urinary tract symptom data from the person, the system comprising:
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a database in which may be stored (i) an audio file including information representing the sound of urination of a person and (ii) lower urinary tract symptom data for the person; and a device for obtaining and, when connected to a telecommunications network, providing to the database via the telecommunications network, both the sound of urination of a person and lower urinary tract symptom data for the person. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-implemented system for assessing lower urinary tract function of a person using urinary flow data and lower urinary tract symptom data from the person, the system comprising:
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a database in which may be stored (i) an audio file including information representing the sound of urination of a person and (ii) lower urinary tract symptom data for the person; and a software program in communication with said database that analyzes said sound of urination to define at least one of the following;
strength and duration. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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