Bladder and bowel dysfunction affects approximately 80% of individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI), yet studies show that these remain significantly unmet clinical needs. For many individuals with SCI, regaining control over bladder and bowel function is consistently rated as a top priority—often even more so than regaining mobility. Despite this, progress in addressing these needs lags behind.
Beyond improving quality of life, enhancing continence care can directly reduce clinical complications such as urinary tract infections (UTIs).
The current options for bladder and bowel management in people with SCI includes a range of techniques. However, these often require adequate hand dexterity or the help of a caregiver, further reducing independence and impacting physical and mental health.
When designing products for Intermittent Catheterization and Transanal Irrigation, we prioritize accessibility and functionality, so that even those with higher injuries and impacted hand dexterity can manage their continence care with greater independence and ease.
LoFric Origo is designed to be easy to use and offers a wide range of tips and gripping solutions. There’s a LoFric Origo for every man, and your choice of catheter matters.
LoFric Origo comes with 2 gripping options for a non-touch technique: the insertion grip and the new LoFric Origo Sleeve, which offers a fully enfolded protective sleeve.
The LoFric Origo Sleeve package comes with a loop for easy opening. The packaging is also fully foldable to pocket size.
LoFric Origo comes with three tips: nelaton, tiemann and flexible, to meet each user's specific condition.
LoFric Elle is the first of its kind with a unique L-shaped handle for more ways to hold, grip and insert the catheter.
LoFric Elle helps women overcome barriers when learning to catheterize. The handle provides an angle that makes it easier to locate and navigate to the urethra.
Using the handle keeps the hand out of the toilet bowl and keeps urine from getting on the hands.
The handle allows the user to grip the catheter in a way that works for them.
Navina Smart is the only device to perform Transanal Irrigation with the touch of a button.
With Navina Smart there is no need to manually pump. The electronic control allows the user to adjust water amount and balloon size with the touch of a button.
Once the personal settings are made, Navina Smart will deliver the same irrigation, every time.
Navina Smart has a built-in safety features for maximum balloon size, water volume and water flow rate.
I struggled tor years with suppositories and digital stimulation after my accident. It made me feel less human. Navina Smart has changed my life, significantly reducing my time spent on bowel management and eliminating worries about leakage.
I used to think all catheters were the same and it was normal for the catheter to sometimes stick a little on the way out. Once I started to use LoFric Origo I have not experienced any problems. My bladder management has greatly improved, I just wish I had started sooner.
We believe that by uniting industry experts, academia, and clinicians, we can make meaningful progress in delivering the best continence care solutions for individuals with spinal cord injuries (SCI). Our mission is to truly make a real difference to the lives of both those who rely on our products and the professionals who prescribe them. With our comprehensive range of continence care solutions, you can count on us to meet the full spectrum of your patients' needs.
Ongoing research and development in the field of continence care, has opened to new methods and treatment options for bowel and bladder dysfunction, a recurrent challenge for individuals with SCI. Wellspect free of charge Educational Platform offers all the resources you need to develop your knowledge and skills and to catch up on main therapies and treatment options.
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This course covers how a spinal cord injury can affect bladder and bowel function, aiming to provide you with knowledge on how to manage bladder and bowel care in SCI.
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Transanal irrigation, shortened to TAI, may also be called retrograde, rectal or anal irrigation, which all refers to a minimally invasive technique to empty the bowel.
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Develop your knowledge on the common causes, symptoms, stages of UTI development, new research considerations for urinary health and disease through to best bladder management for UTI prevention.
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Debbie Green, spinal cord injury specialist lead, SIA, addresses some of the issues facing someone with a spinal injury with their bladder and bowel care.
