Digital manometry finger-mountable sensor device
AssigneesThe Regents of the University of Michigan, United States Government Represented By the Department of Veternas Affairs, The Regents of the University of California
InventorsWilliam D. Chey, James A. Ashton-Miller, Brennan M.R. Spiegel
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Abstract
A probe system includes a finger-mountable housing having a distal end and a proximal receptacle end. The proximal receptacle end defines an opening to receive a finger. The probe system also includes a probe assembly disposed on or within the finger-mountable housing and having at least a first sensor. The first sensor is positioned to measure a physical characteristic of a first tissue when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted in a rectum of the patient.
Claims50
A probe system comprising:
- a finger-mountable housing having a distal end and a proximal receptacle end, wherein the proximal receptacle end defines an opening to receive a finger;
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- a probe assembly disposed on or within the finger-mountable housing and having at least a first sensor, wherein the first sensor is positioned to measure a physical characteristic of a first tissue when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted in a rectum of the patient.
A probe system comprising:
- a finger mountable assembly having a distal end at which a fingertip is positioned when a finger is inserted into a receptacle opening in the finger mountable assembly, and a proximal end opposing the distal end, the finger mountable assembly having:
- a first pressure sensor at the proximal end to measure pressure applied by a first muscle tissue located adjacent the proximal end, and
- a second pressure sensor at the distal end to measure pressure applied by a second muscle tissue located adjacent the distal end.
A computer-implemented method for diagnosing an anorectal disorder of a patient, the method comprising:
- receiving, via an electrical interface, inputs from a first sensor and inputs from a second sensor;
- determining, via a processor, whether the inputs from the first sensor and the inputs from the second sensor correspond to the anorectal disorder;
- generating, via the processor, a signal indicative of a likelihood of the anorectal disorder at least in part in response to determining whether the inputs from the first sensor and the inputs from the second sensor correspond to the anorectal disorder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.