femfit®

What is the femfit® urinary incontinence biofeedback training system?

It is a pelvic floor training medical device powered by advanced biofeedback technology and backed by more than a decade of clinical research by the highly respected research team headed by Dr Jenny Kruger.

femfit® is marketed by New Zealand company Junofem. Click on the logo to meet the team at Junofem and see their research:

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What sets femfit® apart? 

• There are eight pressure sensors on your femfit®, more than any other pelvic floor trainer on the market
• Simultaneously measure pelvic floor activation and abdominal pressure
• Get real-time feedback on your technique every time you exercise
• Track progress
• Share progress with your clinician if you want via the app and bridge the gap between appointments for ongoing individual support
• Get regular email updates to support you and keep you on track during your 12 week programme

The only pelvic floor training system on the market with the unique Pressure Array Sensor system, the femfit® Strength Builder programme has been clinically proven to resolve up to 80% of urinary incontinence symptoms—just one of the pelvic floor disorders women may experience in their lifetime.

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How does it work?

• The sensor is worn internally, the device sits externally and as you contract your pelvic floor muscles these pressure sensors detect the movement and send signals via Bluetooth to the femfit® app on your phone and/or tablet 
• Pressure created by your pelvic floor muscles are shown as 6 pink bars and pressure created by the abdominal cavity is shown as 2 grey bars.
• When you are contracting correctly, a bird flies above a path on your screen.
• As you lift and lower the little bird on the screen along the individually set pathway, the aim is to try to keep one or more of the pink bars higher than both the grey bars during each contraction 
•  The path guides you when to squeeze and when to relax through a programme of four types of pelvic floor muscle exercises, giving you encouraging tips along the way.

There are several levels of programmes:

• Starter – to teach you the ‘squeeze’, ‘enduro’, ‘rapid’ and ‘knack’
• Strength builder, a 12 week programme to use once you are confident with the Starter programme–  combines the same four exercises which progress to higher levels every four weeks.
• Maintenance Programme – to be done three times a week
• Freestyle protocol – which allows you or your treating health professional to watch what is happening in real time as you do pelvic floor muscle contractions perhaps during an activity or movement

These exercises have been designed by experts and clinically shown to increase pelvic floor muscle strength and coordination.

The programme was developed and tested following individual pelvic floor muscle instruction by a trained physiotherapist. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) has shown a median reduction of 70% in leakage episodes for women who complete the programme. It does rely on the user being able to contract their pelvic floor muscles correctly. If you are unable to do a contraction please check in with your clinician or physiotherapist before deciding to purchase.

The exercise programme used for the app was designed by research experts in Canada
(C2004 Chantal Dumoulin, Pelvic floor muscle exercise programme: Université de Montréal. All rights reserved)

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What do you get?

• femfit® device
• charging case
• charging lead
• instruction booklet
• app is free to download and use and includes educational videos and instructions
• 12 weeks ongoing support from Junofem
• ability to allow your health professional access to your app data to monitor your progess if you wish to

What do you do with my data?

• data is stored from your device to help Junofem develop algorithms to track your pelvic floor exercise technique and progress. This will support providing feedback on progress to you. Junofem will not share your personal details with any third party without your permission.
• Pelvic Floor Exercise does not have any access to your data. 

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What is femfit® made from?

• The insertable part is medical grade silicone
• It contains the 8 sensors and whilst robust – fingernails can damage it so please handle carefully!
• Insertable part is very thin and approximately the length of your middle finger
• 24mm wide, 4mm thick, 80 mm long

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Is femfit® safe?

• the urinary incontinence pelvic floor training system is made from medical grade silicone
• all aspects of design and components follow regulatory requirements of the TGA and ISO13485 for medical devices
• low risk (Class 1) medical device
• has undergone extensive evaluation including electro-magnetic compatibility, biocompatibility and electrical safety testing
• it is a single user only device

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Can I use femfit® if I have a prolapse?

• Yes if you have a mild or moderate pelvic organ prolapse, it will be helpful to improve pelvic floor muscle strength
• No if you have a more advanced prolapse as it may be difficult to keep the femfit® in place
• You can choose to do all the exercises in the lying position

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Can I use femfit® during pregnancy?

• It is currently not recommended to use during pregnancy as clinical studies have not yet been completed.
• You can use the app by itself to guide you through exercises whilst pregnant or at any other time.

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Can I use femfit® with an IUD?

• Yes it is safe to use with an IUD.

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Clinicians support your patients like never before.

Prescribe the femfit® urinary incontinence pelvic floor training system and you'll gain an expert partner in the JUNOFEM team—for you and your patients.
If you are a pelvic floor or women's health specialist, you know that pelvic floor dysfunction requires ongoing, targeted care.F
Throughout the 12-week programme for stress incontinence, we support your patients with real-time, visual feedback for improving technique, so you can rest assured they're progressing in and out of the clinic.
With your patients permission they can share their data with you via the femfit® app

 

Please note pelvicfloorexercise.com.au can only supply this product within Australia