Evolution in Bladder Pressure Measuring Implants Developed at K.U.Leuven

Bladder pressure monitoring devices have been a topic of great interest for the past two decades. Three devices developed at ESAT-MICAS in this time are reviewed, showing the evolution of these devices. Two of these devices are diagnostic tools small enough to be inserted into the bladder cavity through minimal invasive cystoscopy. The third device is a long term bladder pressure monitoring implant that, if used to drive an artificial sphincter muscle, forms a urological pacemaker that could diminish or rule out urinary incontinence. After a summary of the three devices, recent results are presented from one of the diagnostic tools.