Clinical practice can also be a starting point for science.
Throughout his academic and medical career, Prof. Dr. Ubirajara Barroso Jr. has combined patient care, research and the development of new approaches to continuing challenges in urology. This work includes scientific publications, collaboration with researchers in Brazil and abroad, and participation in the development of patented inventions.
Research often begins with questions arising from daily patient care: why certain problems persist, how to better understand their mechanisms and how new strategies can be investigated.
This integration of clinical observation and scientific investigation has accompanied Prof. Dr. Ubirajara Barroso Jr.'s career and guides work focused particularly on pediatric urology, voiding dysfunction, urogenital reconstruction and the development of new therapeutic possibilities.
Beyond academic publications, this career includes the development of technologies addressing specific clinical problems. Patents represent one dimension of this work: turning a hypothesis or a need observed in practice into a technically structured solution eligible for intellectual property protection.
Technology developed for the management of enuresis, resulting from research into alternatives for a condition that is common in childhood and has a significant impact on patients and families.
United States patent: US 8,972,014 B2 • Granted in 2015.
View the official recordAn invention related to the use of transcutaneous electrical stimulation for enuresis, developed through international scientific collaboration. The work extends a line of research investigating non-invasive strategies for urinary dysfunction.
United States patent: US 12,661,509 B2 • Granted in 2026.
View the official recordMedical innovation is rarely the result of isolated work. It depends on exchange between researchers, institutions and different clinical experiences.
This career includes scientific collaboration between Prof. Dr. Ubirajara Barroso Jr. and Andrew J. Kirsch, MD, Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Global Continence, in research and development related to enuresis and urinary dysfunction. This collaboration also resulted in shared intellectual property, connecting clinical experience, investigation and technology development.
The scientific work includes more than two hundred publications, books, research and collaboration with institutions and specialists from different countries. On this page, patents are presented as part of this broader body of academic and scientific contributions.