Urinary Bladder

Patients with severe spinal cord injury, who have lost the ability to walk often lose control of their bladder and bowels as well. An accepted technique to provide some bladder function is to inject botulinum toxin, which paralyzes the bladder, and then catheterize several times during the day. Bioengineers at the University of Cambridge have another solution: a biorobot   “that can read signals from the sensory nerves in the pelvis. These signals would stop the bladder emptying itself at embarrassing times, tell the patient how full the bladder is, and allow them to use the electronics to empty it.” MORE

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