Abstract: Apparatus for providing data for facilitating diagnosis of impairments to bladder function in humans by measurement of parameters associated therewith, includes device(s) for measuring at least one somatic function, such as pulse, blood pressure, galvanic skin resistance, core body temperature, and skin temperature. Certain embodiments of the apparatus also include device(s) for measuring non-somatic functions, such as bladder pressure, rectal pressure, urethral pressure, anal sphincter pressure, incontinenance event occurrence, and incontinence event severity. Other embodiments further include devices for measuring one or more of a patient's body position, body movements, body angle, cough reflex response, and bladder fullness. Still other embodiments further include devices for recording and storing measured data; a video device for observing a patient while sleeping; and electronic data transmitting and receiving devices for remote data transfer.

Abstract: A method of treating acute urinary outflow system obstruction caused by disease of the prostate gland by localised electromotive drug administration. The treatment comprises insertion within the prostatic urethra and within the bladder cavity of a urethral catheter which incorporates a specific electrode and is adapted to perform the electromotive administration of a drug or drug mixture into diseased prostatic tissues thereby resolving the pathologies without resorting to surgery.