Dr. Jannik Lockl receives the 2025 Innovation Award of the German Continence Society
Dr. Jannik Lockl, CEO & Co-Founder of inContAlert, has been honored with the 2025 Innovation Award at the 36th Congress of the German Continence Society. The information systems researcher, who holds a doctorate, received the prize – worth €1,500 and sponsored by Medtronic – for the study "Evaluating the impact of digital devices for monitoring bladder filling on the quality of life of people affected by neurogenic bladder dysfunction".
The study surveyed 349 people with a bladder dysfunction to examine whether digital technologies can measurably improve health-related quality of life. The results show a significant positive correlation between digital support and well-being as well as overall life satisfaction. The study suggests that digital support such as inContAlert has the potential to improve health-related quality of life, and provides a validated framework for assessing the humanistic and economic benefits of digital technologies in the context of chronic conditions.
In his laudatory speech, Prof. Andreas Wiedemann, Chairman of the German Continence Society, praised the work: "This work shows how digital technologies not only improve medical care but also create genuine quality of life – especially for people with chronic limitations such as a neurogenic bladder. A remarkable example of how innovation and empathy can work together."
Founded in 1987, the German Continence Society (Deutsche Kontinenz Gesellschaft e.V.) is a medical-scientific society specializing in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of urinary and fecal incontinence as well as pelvic floor disorders. With around 2,500 specialists from urology, gynecology, surgery, neurology, pediatrics, nursing, physiotherapy, and pharmacy, it promotes quality assurance in treatment and counseling. The society's annual congress takes place once a year. Around 1,000 physicians, physiotherapists, and nursing professionals from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland come together to discuss the latest scientific findings on the diagnosis and treatment of incontinence and pelvic floor disorders in an interdisciplinary and interprofessional setting. The 36th Congress took place on November 14 - 15, 2025, in Bielefeld.
This year, the expert jury – the board of the German Continence Society – selected four award winners in various categories. Alongside the Innovation Award for Dr. Jannik Lockl, the Young Talent Award went to Dr. med. Carolin Schröder from University Hospital Bonn, the award for the best abstract contribution to Lisa Stoter from the Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen, and the award for the best contribution to basic research in urology to Prof. Dr. med. André Reitz from the Continence Center Zurich.
By presenting the four research awards, the German Continence Society honors outstanding scientific work that helps to sustainably improve the care of patients with incontinence and pelvic floor dysfunction. By recognizing young researchers, it also sends a strong signal for the promotion of young scientific talent and for the future-oriented advancement of incontinence care.