Maita, Hiroki
Kobayashi, Tadashi
Akimoto, Takashi
Hirano, Takahiro
Osawa, Hiroshi
Kato, Hiroyuki
Funding for this research was provided by:
Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture, Grant-in Aid for Scientific Research (20K10310)
Article History
Received: 6 September 2022
Accepted: 13 October 2022
First Online: 29 November 2022
Declarations
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: The trademark right of “miruco” for the ultrasound device used in this study is held by Tadashi Kobayashi, Sonic Japan Holdings Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan and Nippon Sigmax Co., Ltd., Tokyo, Japan. The bladder simulator used in this study was developed by Tadashi Kobayashi in collaboration with Kyoto Kagaku Co., Ltd., Japan. Hiroki Maita, Takashi Akimoto, Takahiro Hirano, Hiroshi Osawa, and Hiroyuki Kato declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
: The protocol was approved by the ethics committee of Hirosaki University (approval number 2021-135).
: All procedures followed were in accordance with the ethical standards of the responsible committee on human experimentation (institutional and national) and with the Helsinki Declaration of 1964 and later versions.