System and a processing method

A method for processing manometric measurements carried out by means of an anorectal probe, comprising the following steps:

• acquiring manometric measurements during a basal maneuver of an anorectal manometry;
• processing said measurements of the basal maneuver according to management parameters;
• acquiring manometric measurements during a squeeze maneuver of the anorectal manometry;
• processing said measurements of the squeeze maneuver according to management parameters;
• calculating a time interval between an instant at which a maximum value is measured during the squeeze maneuver, and an instant when the pressure measured falls below ninety percent of said maximum value;
• acquiring manometric measurements during a strain maneuver of the anorectal manometry;
• processing said measurements of the strain maneuver according to management parameters;
• storing functions and/or characteristic indexes relating to said maneuvers, obtained by processing the respective measurements.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program that, when executed, causes a computer to:

• acquire manometric measurements during a basal maneuver of an anorectal manometry;
• process said measurements of the basal maneuver according to management parameters;
• acquire manometric measurements during a squeeze maneuver of the anorectal manometry;
• process said measurements of the squeeze maneuver according to management parameters;
• calculate a time interval between an instant at which a maximum value is measured during the squeeze maneuver, and an instant when the pressure measured falls below ninety percent of said maximum value;
• acquire manometric measurements during a strain maneuver of the anorectal manometry;
• process said measurements of the strain maneuver according to management parameters;
• store functions and/or characteristic indexes relating to said maneuvers, obtained by processing the respective measurements;
• and
• calculate at least one of the following:
• a sphincters tonicity index equal to a ratio between a squeeze maximum pressure value and a resting pressure value;
• an external sphincter health index, equal to a ratio between a squeeze maximum value and a squeeze mean value, the latter being defined as a pressure mean value in a measurement value;
• and
• a sphincters and pelvic floor health index, equal to a difference between the ratio between a mean maximum pressure and a resting pressure and one.