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Incontinence

Incontinence

This care issue includes products that enable residents to remain continent by strengthening pelvic floor muscles, assisting with bladder retraining and voiding schedules, and preventing the leakage of urine. Products that alert caregivers to an incontinent episode via visual and audible alerts are also represented.

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Biofeedback Devices (10 products)
Biofeedback is a procedure used to help individuals with stress, urge, and fecal incontinence gain awareness of and strengthen pelvic-floor muscles.

Bladder Scanners (3 products)
Bladder scanners are non-invasive ultrasound devices used to obtain a precise reading of bladder volume.

Catheter Related Products (2 products)
Urinary drainage collection and related products for urinary catheter use.

Electrotherapy (1 products)
Electrotherapy and PENS technology can be used to replicate the normal muscle and nerve firing patterns for pelvic floor muscle disuse atrophy and muscle reeducation.

Enuresis Alarms (7 products)
Enuresis alarms are electronic devices that provide an alert when a resident is incontinent.

Functional Magnetic Stimulation (1 products)
Functional magnetic stimulation is a non-invasive therapy that is used to treat stress, urge, and mixed urinary incontinence in women.

Pessaries (7 products)
A pessary is a flexible device that is used in the non-surgical management of pelvic support problems such as uterine and vaginal prolapse as well as stress urinary incontinence.

Urethral Occlusion Devices (3 products)
Urethral occlusion devices include products that block the flow of urine by either squeezing the urethra shut (men) or creating a barrier at the bladder neck (women).

Voiding Reminders (9 products)
Voiding reminders may be used to augment incontinence training techniques such as bladder retraining or habit training by reminding residents to void in intervals or at predetermined time schedules.


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