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Incontimend: Comfortable Management of Male Stress Urinary Incontinence
- Program: Biomedical Engineering
- Course: EN.580.497 Advanced Design Team
- Year: 2025
Project Description:
Stress urinary incontinence (SUI), for males assigned at birth, is characterized as involuntary urine leakage due to physical exertion that can severely impact the physical, mental, and social well-being of those affected, causing around 80% of patients to refuse to seek treatment. This condition can arise after a patient has undergone a prostatectomy, with nearly 71% of cases resulting in SUI. Existing treatments, such as adult diapers, can cause skin irritation and infection as well as incur a heavy financial burden. Others, like clamps, can be painful and may cause urethral diverticulum and tissue necrosis. Moreover, the artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is prone to mechanical failure as well as cuff erosion, requiring surgery to repair and/or replace. As such, due to these inefficacies, our team seeks to create a novel and comfortable solution which patients may use to return themselves to a feeling of normalcy in their daily lives.
Project Photo:
There are two elements to our logo, the person and the blue droplet, which are combined to symbolize the concept of involuntary urine leakage. Our logo is then situated behind the “I” in our team’s name “Incontimend”, with the word “mend” particularly emphasized using the same blue as the droplet.
