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“For someone that might be looking at getting into sacral neuromodulation, and has had some reluctance in the past, this does simplify the procedure somewhat," says Colin Goudelocke, MD.

"[The lack of] a battery makes it ultra small. That's really important," says Colin Goudelocke, MD.

"I think we're all going to be very eager to see what happens to these patients over time," says Colin Goudelocke, MD.

"At 6 months, 84% of patients respond, having at least a 50% reduction in their urgency incontinence episodes," says Colin Goudelocke, MD.

"There are plenty of articles written about stress-induced urgency. I, at the time, only found 1 article written in the gynecologic literature about what they called stand-up urgency," according to Colin Goudelocke, MD.

Colin Goudelocke, MD, describes an abstract presented at the 2024 Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction Winter Meeting.

“We might find that there's a certain type of patient that really thrives on interacting with the device and playing an active role in his or her therapy,” says Colin Goudelocke, MD.

“This is a lifetime disease; you want to make sure that the battery not just has long enough life but still has the capacity,” says Colin Goudelocke, MD.