Uroplasty STEP Study 3-Year Results Show Sustained Therapeutic Effects of Percutaneous Tibial Nerve Stimulation

Uroplasty, Inc.

, a medical device company that develops, manufactures and markets innovative proprietary products for the treatment of voiding dysfunctions, today highlighted the 3-year results of the STEP Study on percutaneous tibial nerve stimulation (PTNS) treatments for overactive bladder (OAB) using Uroplasty's Urgent® PC Neuromodulation System. The study will be published in the June 2013 print edition of The Journal of Urology and the article is now available on line at www.jurology.com. Dr. M. Kenneth Peters, Chairman of the Department of Urology at Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, Michigan, led this multi-center, long term study. Patients who initially responded to 12 weekly Urgent PC treatments were followed for 36 months and received Urgent PC therapy throughout. Patients received an average of 1.1 treatments per month and sustained statistically significant improvements in voiding frequency, urinary urge incontinence episodes, nighttime voids, urgency episodes and voids with moderate to severe urgency, voiding volume and quality of life measures compared to before they began treatment with Urgent PC.  There were no serious adverse events reported throughout the study. "We are pleased that this long-term study demonstrates