Urologists at Vanderbilt Health are enrolling men with stress urinary incontinence (SUI) in a clinical trial named SOPHIA2 to assess the safety and efficacy of the UroActive implant, following an ...

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GLEN DALE, W.Va. (WTRF) — WVU Medicine Reynolds Memorial Hospital recently completed its first implant of the Altaviva device, developed by Medtronic, a new treatment option to manage bladder control ...

If bladder nerves are damaged from surgery or from a disease, then a patient often loses sensation and is unaware that their bladder is full. Should you run to the bathroom now? Or can you hold it ...

Medtronic is upping the ante in patent dispute with competitor Axonics Inc. that has already lasted more than four years. The dispute centers on Medtronic's InterStim device, an implanted ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) — A new, low-maintenance implant device is now available to residents facing incontinence issues, adding freedom back to the lives of patients. A Lowcountry doctor has ...

The soft, stretchable sensor is the elongated section near the tip of the tweezers. The green box is the implantable "base station," which holds electrical components to power the device and ...