Sphincter test catheter
AssigneeUnisensor S.A.
InventorPeter SCHLUMPF
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Abstract
The sphincter test catheter includes a catheter body, the proximal end of which forms a probe. Corresponding electric lines which are led to a recording unit run through the catheter body. The sphincter test catheter has at least one pressure sensor and a position sensor in combination with either a pH value sensor or an impedance sensor. The combination depends on which sphincter is to be monitored. The position sensor is combined with a pH value sensor in order to monitor the lower esophageal sphincter while the position sensor is combined with an impedance sensor when monitoring the urethral sphincter.
Claims9
A sphincter test catheter for testing and monitoring the function of an intracorporeal sphincter comprising a flexible catheter body having a probe arranged at the proximal end thereof, in which probe at least one pressure sensor is provided, wherein the sphincter catheter can be brought into connection with a measuring and recording unit wherein, in order to monitor the bodily position of a patient, at least one orientation sensor is additionally provided in the probe in combination with either a pH value sensor and/or an impedance sensor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.