Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring

Credit: Mark Seniw at Northwestern University, Simpson Querrey Institute. This figure originally appeared in the PNAS Nexus publication; see licensing information below.

Graphical comparison of bladder augmentation surgery using either ileum (top) or a cell-seeded, biodegradable scaffold (bottom). MSCs and HSPCs represent different types of stem cells found in the bone marrow.

« Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring

Credit: Jihye Kim at Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

After bladder surgery, such as a partial cystectomy, a bladder strain gauge could be implanted to wirelessly transmit important urodynamic information. Note: this technology has not been evaluated in humans.

« Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring

Credit: Jihye Kim at Northwestern University, Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Artistic representation of the bladder sensor. On the right, detailed components of the strain gauge (top) and base station (bottom) are shown.

« Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring

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