Kegel health system

• US 9,855,462 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2016
• Issued: 01/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kalikha Inc.
• Original Assignee: Kalikha Inc.
• Inventors: Rose, Julia
• Primary Examiner(s): Dougherty, Sean
• Assistant Examiner(s): FERNANDES, PATRICK M
• Application Number:
  US15/079,807
• Publication Number:
  US 20160279469A1
• Time in Patent Office: 649 Days
• Field of Search: 600591
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1107 Measuring contraction of parts of the body, e.g. organ, muscle apparatus for measuring work or force in general G01L
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4356 Assessing uterine contractions A61B5/033 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 19/44 Having substantially cylindrical shape, e.g. dildos
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/0188 Illumination related features
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1207 with electric or magnetic drive
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1261 combined with active exercising of the patient
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1628 Pelvis
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/1635 Hand or arm, e.g. handle hand-held, A61H2201/0153; fore-arm support, A61H2003/006
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/501 connected to external computer devices or networks
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5012 using the internet
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5015 using specific interfaces or standards, e.g. USB, serial, parallel
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5043 Displays
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5048 Audio interfaces, e.g. voice or music controlled
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5071 Pressure sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61H 2201/5079 Velocity sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0655 Tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0004 Exercising devices moving as a whole during exercise bar bells or dumb bells A63B21/072; on wheels A63B22/20
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 : Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 : Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 : Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/64 : Frequency, e.g. of vibration oscillation
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/02 : Testing, calibrating or measuring of equipment
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 : Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/20 : for vaginal muscles or other sphincter-type muscles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 : Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 : Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 : using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

A method and apparatus for a Kegel health system can include: inserting an insertable body into a user, the insertable body connected to a tail outside of the user, the insertable body including a bulbous body coupled to a connecting body, the bulbous body including a control unit, the connecting body coupled to the tail, and the connecting body including sensors; sensing sensor data with the sensors, the sensor data indicating the presence of contractions from a pelvic floor muscle of the user; providing feedback to the user with graphics and written information displayed on an external device, the graphics and the written information indicating attributes of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle.

Claims

1. A method of operating a Kegel health system comprising:

inserting an insertable body into a user, the insertable body connected to a tail outside of the user, the insertable body including a bulbous body coupled to a connecting body, the bulbous body including a control unit, the connecting body coupled to the tail, the connecting body including sensors, and the connecting body configured to have pelvic floor muscles laterally surround the sensors based on the insertable body being inserted into the user;

sensing sensor data including sensing an evenness, a pressure, a frequency, a number, an intensity, a speed, and a direction of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle with the sensors, the sensor data indicating the presence of contractions from the pelvic floor muscle of the user; and

providing feedback to the user with graphics and written information displayed on an external device, the graphics and the written information indicating attributes of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising transmitting data of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle to the external device with an antenna within the tail.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the graphics and the written information to the user includes depicting an intensity of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscles on a display of the external device.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

comparing the sensor data with previous data collected by the sensors;

comparing the sensor data to standards data; and

calculating adjusted data based on the comparison of the sensor data to the standards data and the previous data.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein displaying the graphics includes displaying a moving upper bound, a moving lower bound, dots, and a current contraction marker, the moving upper bound and the moving lower bound indicating a changing window of intensity required for the contractions, the dots indicating the intensity of previous contractions by the user, and the current contraction marker indicating the intensity for the most recent contraction of the user.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein providing the feedback further includes providing biofeedback with vibration from within the insertable body, providing visual feedback from an LED indicator located on the tail, or a combination thereof.

7. A non-transitory computer readable medium, useful in association with a processor, including instructions configured to:

sense sensor data including an evenness, a pressure, a frequency, a number, an intensity, a speed, and a direction of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle with the sensors within an insertable body inserted into a user, the insertable body connected to a tail outside of the user, the insertable body including a bulbous body coupled to a connecting body, the bulbous body including a control unit, the connecting body coupled to the tail, the connecting body including sensors, the connecting body configured to have pelvic floor muscles laterally surround the sensors based on the insertable body being inserted into the user, and the sensor data indicating the presence of contractions from the pelvic floor muscle of the user; and

providing feedback to the user with graphics and written information displayed on an external device, the graphics and the written information indicating attributes of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle.

8. The computer readable medium of claim 7 further comprising instructions configured to transmit data of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle to the external device with an antenna within the tail.

9. The computer readable medium of claim 7 wherein the instructions configured to display the graphics and the written information further includes instructions configured to depict an intensity of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscles on a display of the external device.

10. The computer readable medium of claim 7 further comprising instructions configured to:

compare the sensor data with previous data collected by the sensors;

compare the sensor data to standards data; and

calculate adjusted data based on the comparison of the sensor data to the standards data and the previous data.

11. The computer readable medium of claim 7 wherein the instructions configured to display the graphics and the written information further includes instructions configured to display a moving upper bound, a moving lower bound, dots, and a current contraction marker, the moving upper bound and the moving lower bound indicating a changing window of intensity required for the contractions, the dots indicating the intensity of previous contractions by the user, and the current contraction marker indicating the intensity for the most recent contraction of the user.

12. The computer readable medium of claim 7 wherein the instructions configured to provide the feedback further includes instructions configured to provide biofeedback with vibration from within the insertable body, provide visual feedback from an LED indicator located on the tail, or a combination thereof.

13. A Kegel health system comprising:

an insertable body configured to be inserted into a user, the insertable body connected to a tail configured to be outside of the user, the insertable body including a bulbous body coupled to a connecting body, the bulbous body including a control unit, the connecting body coupled to the tail, the connecting body including sensors, the connecting body configured to have pelvic floor muscles laterally surround the sensors based on the insertable body being inserted into the user, and the sensors configured to sense sensor data including an evenness, a pressure, a frequency, a number, an intensity, a speed, and a direction of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle, the sensor data indicating the presence of contractions from the pelvic floor muscle of the user; and

an external device configured to provide feedback to the user with graphics and written information displayed on the external device, the graphics and the written information indicating the attributes of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising an antenna within the tail for transmitting data of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscle to the external device.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the external device further includes a display configured to depicting an intensity of the contractions from the pelvic floor muscles.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the control unit, the external device, or a combination thereof is configured to:

compare the sensor data with previous data collected by the sensors;

compare the sensor data to standards data; and

calculate adjusted data based on the comparison of the sensor data to the standards data and the previous data.

17. The system of claim 13 wherein the external device further includes a display configured to display a moving upper bound, a moving lower bound, dots, and a current contraction marker, the moving upper bound and the moving lower bound indicating a changing window of intensity required for the contractions, the dots indicating the intensity of previous contractions by the user, and the current contraction marker indicating the intensity for the most recent contraction of the user.