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Monday, 05 May 2008 01:26 |
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U-Control from Thought Technology $50/Month A sophisticated, yet simple to use, battery-operated unit, U-Control enables patients to self-train with prescribed exercises, at home, to re-educate pelvic muscles for better urinary or fecal control. Two LEDs cue patients to tense or relax either for 5 or 10 seconds. Patients view their progress on an ascending or descending bargraph scale or 15 LEDs and listen for rising or falling variations in a continuous tone. U-Control has an adjustable threshold setting to enable health professionals and patients to revise and report on their training programs as they progress. Patients use a comfortable, reusable vaginal or rectal sensor in combination with simple biofeedback exercises to improve bladder and bowel function by: - holding a steady LED readout or tone.
- intensifying muscle contractions above the threshold level
- repeating a preset number of exercises
- striving for specific LED readings or tones
U-control Specifications:
| | | Input Impedance | 1,000,000 MegOhms
| | Accuracy | 5% and 0.3μV | | Sensitivity | <0.1 microvolts RMS | | Bandwidth(frequency) | 90-300 Hz. | | CMRR at 60 Hz | >180 dB | | CMRR > 90-300 Hz | >140 dB | | Range | 0.2 - 37.5 microvolts (X1); | | | 0.6 - 112.5 microvolts (X3). | | Bargraph scaling | The highest yellow LED is 2.5 times the threshold setting; the lowest green LED is 0.2 times the threshold setting; other LEDs are proportional to these extremes. | | Current consumption | Approx. 15 - 30 milliamps |
| Outputs | Earphone (8-32 ohms), 2.5 mm mono jack | | Battery | 9 Volt Alkaline, or NiCad rechargeable type MN1604. |
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Last Updated on Monday, 05 May 2008 02:02 |