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AssigneesThe Regents of the University of Colorado, The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
InventorsGlenn T. Furuta, Steven J. Ackerman
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In some embodiment, the present invention is directed to a device for obtaining samples from a subject. In other embodiments, methods and devices of the present invention allow the evaluation of conditions of the gastrointestinal tract of a subject. Measurements may be utilized, for example, to diagnose a disease of the esophagus, to monitor inflammation of the esophagus, or to access the treatment of a disease of the esophagus. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method for measuring esophageal inflammation comprising deploying a device into the esophagus of a subject, removing the device after a predetermined period of time, analyzing the device for a diagnostic indicator of esophageal inflammation and evaluating the diagnostic indicator to diagnose esophageal inflammation.
A device comprising a string having an esophageal segment, a capsule enclosing at least a portion of the string and having an opening, the string spanning the opening of the capsule, wherein the esophageal segment further comprises one or more capture agents.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.