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AssigneesSentinhealth, Universite Grenoble Alpes
InventorsCindy DOPIERALA, Adrien POIZAT, Thibault PARMENTIER, Pierre-Yves GUMERY
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A device (1) for measuring congestion of the digestive tract comprises at least one housing (2), a current generator (30) and a means (31) for measuring a difference in potential, said generator and means being accommodated in said housing, and a set of electrodes (3) comprising at least two electrodes connected electrically, independently of one another, to the current generator (30) and/or to the means (31) for measuring a difference in potential across the terminals of the electrodes, each electrode of the set (3) of electrodes being configured to transmit an electric current and/or to allow a difference in electrical potential to be measured. The set (3) of electrodes is configured to generate at least one electric current flow loop (13) flowing at least through a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract (14) of the user and to allow a difference in electrical potential in relation to the tissue of the gastrointestinal tract to be measured, the device (1) for measuring the bio-impedance of the digestive tract further comprising a calculating module (5) configured to receive the measured difference in electrical potential and to calculate a value of the bio-impedance of the digestive tract according to this measurement in relation to the tissue of the digestive tract.
Device for measuring (1) congestion of the digestive tract of a user, characterized in that it comprises at least one housing (2), a current generator (30) and a means (31) for measuring a difference in potential, said generator and means being accommodated in said housing, and a set of electrodes (3) comprising at least two electrodes connected electrically, independently of one another, to the current generator (30) and/or to the means (31) for measuring a difference in potential across the terminals of the electrodes, each electrode of the set (3) of electrodes being configured to transmit an electric current and/or to allow the measurement of a difference in electrical potential, and characterized in that the set (3) of electrodes is configured to generate at least one electric current flow loop (13) flowing at least through a tissue of the gastrointestinal tract (14) of the user and to allow a difference in electrical potential in relation to the tissue of the gastrointestinal tract (14) to be measured, the measuring device (1) further comprising a calculating module (5) configured to receive the measured difference in electrical potential and to calculate a value of the bio-impedance of the digestive tract according to this measurement in relation to the tissue of the gastrointestinal tract (14).
Method for measuring congestion of the digestive tract, implementing the measuring device (1) for measuring congestion of the digestive tract according to one of the preceding claims, the method comprising a step of measuring the difference in electrical potential and a calculating step, the calculating step being implemented by a calculating module (5) capable of receiving at least one measurement of the difference in electrical potential and of calculating a bio-impedance value of the digestive tract from the measurement of the difference in electrical potential.
Method for measuring congestion of the digestive tract according to the preceding claim, wherein the measurement of the difference in electrical potential corresponds to the sum of a plurality of local measurements of the difference in electrical potential, each local measurement of the difference in electrical potential resulting from an electrical connection to at least one current generator (30) of an electrode or of a pair of immediately adjacent electrodes of the set (3) of electrodes of the measuring device (1).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.