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UroCuff Test - Bladder Test
For men with BPH, maintaining a healthy, properly functioning bladder is key to long-term health and well-being. The UroCuff Test measures bladder function during voiding and provides important insights to optimize BPH care. Find out how The UroCuff Test provides better answers about lower urinary tract symptoms.
The UroCuff Test simultaneously measures urine flow rate and bladder pressure to assist in determining the underlying cause of the voiding disorder. Bladder pressure is measured non-invasively with a penile cuff instead of a catheter. When the patient is ready to void, a small cuff is fitted to the penis, and the patient is asked to void into the flow meter. When voiding has commenced, the cuff will apply pressure until the urine flow is reduced or stopped. Inflation cycles are repeated until the void is complete. The cuff pressure required to interrupt flow equals bladder pressure at the time of interruption.
Once the test is complete, the UroCuff report summarizes the pressure-flow data on a modified nomogram. Shown to the right are nomograms from two different patients that had identical maximum flow rates of 3.1 ml/s. These patients are therefore both “low flow rate” patients, and they would present with the same flow rates when the traditional uroflow test is prescribed. However, the UroCuff nomogram on the top reveals that the first patient has a low bladder pressure, while the nomogram on the bottom reveals the second patient has high bladder pressure. Click on either of these nomograms to see the complete UroCuff report.
Optionally, one or two surface EMG electrodes may be applied to the patient to monitor skeletal muscle function during the void:
a. Perineal EMG Placement–to monitor sphincter activity.
b. Abdominal EMG Placement–to monitor abdominal straining.
The UroCuff Test has a simple and consistent touch-screen interface that guides the clinician step-by-step through each test. The hardware consists of the following components:
- UroCuff Instrument Console.
- UroFlow™ scale.
- All-in-one Panel PC.
- Commode.
- Printer.
- All necessary software, cabling, & accessories.
Better answers.
The best predictor of symptom relief is a healthy, functioning bladder.
For men with BPH, maintaining a healthy, properly functioning bladder is key to long-term health and well-being. Your bladder’s ability to “pump” urine out of the body is directly related to BPH symptoms like frequency (going often), nocturia (going often at night), hesitancy (trouble starting), poor stream, and dribbling.
Depending on the health of your bladder, your symptoms and your overall health, you and your urologist will determine the best options to treat your prostate.
The UroCuff Test is a non-invasive pressure-flow study for patients reporting lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) such as urgency, frequency, nocturia, and incomplete emptying, or who have noted other changes in voiding patterns.
The UroCuff provides the urologist with natural fill pressure-flow data for assessment of voiding disorders.
Key Benefits of The UroCuff:
- Clinically proven to accurately measure voiding pressure.
- Differentiates between bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) and poor bladder contractility.
- Simple to perform.
- More comfortable for the patient than a traditional catheterized urodynamic study.
The UroCuff Test is the new standard in non-invasive LUTS assessment. Moreover, the UroCuff offers your practice a LUTS patient management platform providing better clinical outcomes and greater efficiency. The UroCuff is simply a better way to manage LUTS patients in the today’s healthcare system.
The UroCuff Test provides your urologist with information about your bladder function to better understand the causes of your symptoms. The UroCuff is a non-invasive diagnostic test for male urinary disorders (LUTS). This test allows your urologist to collect important data about your bladder function while you urinate.
The UroCuff Test measures the amount of pressure generated by your bladder, your urine flow rate and amount of urine that you void.
- A small cuff is fitted to penis.
- Patient begins to void into a flow meter.
- The cuff inflates until flow is reduced or interrupted.
- Cuff rapidly deflates, allowing flow to resume.
- Cycle repeats until the patient is empty.
- Bladder function is determined from interruption pressure vs. flow rate.
- The UroCuff report summarizes the results on a modified nomogram.
It is important that you arrive at your doctor’s office with a comfortably full bladder. You should feel something like the “Need to go” face on the Urgency Scale shown here. If you need more information, click on the link provided to the right to download instructions on “How to prepare for a successful UroCuff Test.”
Simply follow the instructions provided below to ensure that your time in the doctor’s office goes smoothly.
- Drink 32 oz. of water 1 hour before your appointment.
- Arrive at doctor’s office 10 minutes before your appointment.
- Arrive with a comfortably full bladder as shown by the orange face on Urgency Scale.
- Check in at the reception desk. Let them know that you are scheduled for a UroCuff Test and communicate how full your bladder is.
- DO NOT go to the bathroom before your test (you need a full bladder).
- Wait in the waiting room for a clinician to collect you for your UroCuff test.