Devices, systems, and methods for determining inflammation and/or fibrosis
AssigneeBoston Scientific Scimed, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Wilfred Duval, Namita M. Kallur
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Abstract
A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract of a subject may comprise using a sensor located in the subject to obtain data regarding qualities of a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract; using the obtained data, determining a measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue; using the obtained data, determining a measure of thickness of the tissue; using the measure of perfusion and the measure of thickness, determining a measure of inflammation of the tissue; and using one or more of the measure of perfusion, the measure of thickness, and the measure of inflammation, classifying a state of the tissue.
Claims20
A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract of a subject, the method comprising:
- positioning a sensor in a lumen of the gastrointestinal tract using a medical delivery device;
- using the sensor positioned in the subject to obtain data regarding qualities of a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract;
- using the obtained data, determining, by one or more processors in communication with the medical delivery device, a measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue;
- using the obtained data, determining, by the one or more processors, a measure of thickness of the tissue;
- using the measure of perfusion and the measure of thickness, determining, by the one or more processors, a measure of inflammation of the tissue;
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- using one or more of the measure of perfusion, the measure of thickness, and the measure of inflammation, classifying, by the one or more processors, a state of the tissue.
A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract, the method comprising:
- positioning a sensor in a lumen of the gastrointestinal tract using a medical delivery device;
- using the sensor positioned in a lumen of the gastrointestinal tract to obtain data regarding qualities of a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract;
- using the obtained data, determining, by a processor in communication with the medical delivery device, a measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue;
- using the obtained data, determining, by the processor in communication with the medical delivery device, a measure of thickness of the tissue;
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- using one or more of the measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue and the measure of thickness of the tissue, determining, by the processor in communication with the medical delivery device, a state of the tissue.
A method for evaluating a gastrointestinal tract, the method comprising:
- positioning a sensor in a lumen of the gastrointestinal tract using a medical delivery device;
- using the sensor positioned in a lumen of the gastrointestinal tract to obtain data regarding qualities of a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract;
- using the obtained data from the tissue, determining, by a processor in communication with the medical delivery device, a measure of perfusion of blood in the tissue;
- using the obtained data from the tissue, determining, by the processor in communication with the medical delivery device, a measure of thickness of the tissue;
- determining a sample inflammation score from the measure of perfusion and the measure of thickness of the tissue;
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- comparing the sample inflammation score to a reference inflammation score obtained from a healthy tissue.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.