Latest Pelvic floor Stories

MINNETONKA, Minn., May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- American Medical Systems® (AMS) (Nasdaq: AMMD), a leading provider of world-class devices and therapies for both male and female pelvic health, announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has issued U.S. Patent Number 7,686,760 covering the surgical methodology for implanting the AMS AdVance® Male Sling. This patent provides AMS with broad patent coverage on transobturator surgical procedures to treat male...

WALTHAM, Mass., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- According to Millennium Research Group (MRG), the global authority on medical technology market intelligence, the $1 billion US soft tissue device market will expand at an annual growth rate of over 7% through 2014. C.R. Bard is poised to benefit from this growth, as it recently overtook Ethicon as the leader of this lucrative market. In the coming years, market growth will be driven by the adoption of innovative, premium-priced devices such as...

BOCA RATON, Fla., May 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Following several milestone decades during which once taboo topics such as menstruation, menopause and female pleasure became part of mainstream conversation, the Women's Health Foundation, JCS Wellness Solutions, Inc., the developers of The Myself® Trainer and leading obstetrician/gynecologist Mary Jane Minkin, M.D. join together during National Women's Health Week to ask American women: How strong are your pelvic muscles? (Photo:...

NATICK, Mass., April 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced the launch of the Pelvic Floor Institute(TM) -- a unique training forum and online resource designed to enhance physician knowledge and awareness of pelvic floor reconstruction procedures and techniques. By 2050, the number of women in the United States with urinary incontinence is expected to increase 55 percent to 28.4 million, while women with pelvic organ prolapse will rise 46...

ORINDA, Calif., March 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Athena Feminine Technologies, Inc., in partnership with the National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health, today announced the initiation of a nationwide enrollment for Phase IV of the DUETS (Device for Urinary Incontinence, Effectiveness, Tolerability and Satisfaction) research study for its Athena Pelvic Muscle Trainer(TM) (PMT). The Athena PMT is an FDA-approved wireless vaginal electrical stimulator available by prescription for...

In women with lower urinary tract symptoms, a medical imaging technique called dynamic MRI allows clinicians to diagnose pelvic organ prolapse "” a condition that often goes undiagnosed on static MRI and at physical examination, according to a study published in the December issue of the American Journal of Roentgenology.Pelvic organ prolapse is relatively common and occurs when the pelvic floor muscles become weak or damaged and can no longer support the pelvic organs. If left untreated,...

NATICK, Mass., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced its schedule of events at the 38th annual Global Congress for Minimally Invasive Gynecology (AAGL), which runs from November 15-19 in Orlando, Florida. Results from two clinical studies will be presented featuring the Company's Urology/Gynecology products, including pelvic floor reconstruction systems and mid-urethral sling systems used to treat pelvic floor vaginal wall prolapse and...

New Mayo Clinic research has found that robotic surgery for vaginal prolapse (http://www.mayoclinic.org/pelvic-organ-prolapse/) dramatically reduces patient hospital stay and recovery time. These findings are being presented this week at the North Central Section of the American Urological Association in Scottsdale, Ariz.VIDEO ALERT: Additional audio and video resources, including excerpts from an interview with Dr. Daniel Elliott describing the research, are available on the Mayo Clinic News...

SEBASTOPOL, Calif., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the November 2009 issue of the Journal of Urology, Stanford Medical School researcher Dr. Rodney Anderson and researchers at the National Center for Pelvic Pain Research, in a new study, demonstrated a high correlation between the location of painful trigger points inside the pelvic floor muscles of men with chronic prostatitis and the location in the body where they routinely complain of pain. A new treatment called the...

AKRON, Ohio, Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- One in three women currently suffer from a pelvic floor disorder. But, usually due to embarrassment and lack of education on the issue, most have accepted incontinence as a way of life. But it doesn't have to be. There is a solution! The first step is to get educated and start talking. A group called The Accidental Sisterhood is helping women do just that through a book, DVD and forums designed to help women understand and correct issues that cause...