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System for micturition control in a mammal with bladder disfunction
Grégoire Courtine, Jocelyne Bloch, Jordan Squair
The present invention relates to a neuromodulation/neurostimulation system (10) for stimulating at least one neuronal circuitry responsible for micturition control in a mammal with bladder disfunction, especially for bladder relaxation and/or for bladder v ...
2024Decoding bladder state from pudendal intraneural signals in pigs
Silvestro Micera, Stéphanie Lacour, Leonardo Pollina, Ivo Strauss, Valentina Marie Paggi
Neuroprosthetic devices used for the treatment of lower urinary tract dysfunction, such as incontinence or urinary retention, apply a pre-set continuous, open-loop stimulation paradigm, which can cause voiding dysfunctions due to neural adaptation. In the ...
2023Microtissue models for studying the dynamics of host-pathogen interactions in the urinary bladder
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are amongst the most common bacterial infections and are the second-most frequent reason for antibiotic prescriptions. Moreover, in about 25% of all treated cases, recurrence of infection occurs. Uropathogenic Escherichia co ...
EPFL2021Development of a biologically inspired in-vitro platform for long-term assessment of commercial and innovative ureteral stents
Yves Perriard, Yoan René Cyrille Civet, Francesco Clavica
Ureteral stents are small flexible tubes which are clinically used to restore the urine drainage in presence of obstructions of the ureteral lumen such as tumours, kidney/ureteral stones. The lifetime risk of developing urinary stones is about 20% in men a ...
2019