Method and apparatus for medical diagnosis based on the tissue stiffness
AssigneeAugmented Medical Intelligence Labs, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Mina Bishara, Marc David Succi, Fransiska Putri Wina Hadiwidjana, Elishai Ezra
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Abstract
The present disclosure includes a medical device which can assist in detecting tissue properties. For example, the present disclosure includes a medical device which can detect biological properties associated with the health of a patient and the tissue being examined, as well as cancerous tissue for detecting cancer in a patient. In addition, the medical device of the present disclosure can be used for collecting the data needed to create a predictive model and imaging of the biological tissue being examined.
Claims18
A medical device comprising:
- a glove body configured to fit over a hand of a user and at least one force sensor secured to at least one fingertip of the glove body on an exterior surface of the glove body;
- a displacement assessment sensor configured to collect data indicating displacement of the at least one fingertip as the at least one fingertip is pressed against the tissue of a patient wherein the displacement assessment sensor comprises a circumferential pressure sensor array located along the at least one fingertip of the glove body and comprised of a plurality of pressure sensors positioned a defined distance apart in a circumferential arrangement on the at least one fingertip of the glove, such that in use as the at least one fingertip is pressed against the tissue of a patient, more pressure sensors come into contact with the body of the patient indicative of an amount of the displacement;
- a processor configured to process data indicating a displacement of at least one fingertip as the at least one fingertip is pressed against the tissue of the patient obtained by the displacement assessment sensor and the at least one force sensor to determine an elastic modulus of the tissue, and
- a camera coupled to the glove body for capturing an image of the fingertip pressed against the tissue.
A method of using a medical device for obtaining data characterizing an elastic modulus E of tissue of a body of a patient, comprising:
- providing a medical device, wherein the medical device includes a glove body configured to fit over a hand of the user and having at least one force sensor secured to at least one fingertip of the glove body on an exterior surface of the glove body, a first displacement assessment sensor configured to collect a first quantity of data indicating a displacement of the at least one fingertip when pressed against the tissue of the body of the patient, wherein the displacement assessment sensor is a circumferential pressure sensor array located along the at least one fingertip of the glove body and comprised of a plurality of pressure sensors positioned a defined distance apart in a circumferential arrangement relative to the at least one fingertip of the glove body, such that in use as the at least one fingertip is pressed against the tisse of the body of the patient, more pressure sensors come into contact with the body of the patient indicative of an amount of the displacement, and a camera coupled to the device for capturing an image of the fingertip pressed against the tissue;
- sequentially placing the at least one fingertip and the force sensor against the tissue at a first and a second location of a patient;
- collecting images of the fingertip pressed against the tissue of the patient, and collecting the first and the second quantity of data associated respectively with the force sensor and the first displacement assessment sensor;
- processing the first and second quantities of data;
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- calculating the elastic modulus c of the tissue based on the processed first and second quantities of data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.