Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Minimally-invasive measurement of esophageal inflammation
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Application No.: US15964839Application Date: 2018-04-27
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Publication No.: US10674901B2Publication Date: 2020-06-09
- Inventor: Glenn T. Furuta , Steven J. Ackerman
- Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE , THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
- Applicant Address: US CO Denver US IL Urbana
- Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate,The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Current Assignee: The Regents of the University of Colorado, a body corporate,The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois
- Current Assignee Address: US CO Denver US IL Urbana
- Agency: Polsinelli PC
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; G01N33/53 ; A61B1/273 ; A61K31/437 ; A61K31/4375 ; C12Q1/6883 ; A61B1/00 ; C12Q1/04 ; C12Q1/527 ; G01N33/68 ; G06F19/00
Abstract:
The methods and apparatus of the present invention allow the evaluation of inflammation of the esophagus. Measurements may be utilized, for example, to diagnose a disease of the esophagus, to monitor inflammation of the esophagus, or to access the treatment of a disease of the esophagus. In one embodiment, the invention comprises a method for measuring esophageal inflammation comprising deploying a device into the esophagus of a subject, removing the device after a predetermined period of time, analyzing the device for a diagnostic indicator of esophageal inflammation and evaluating the diagnostic indicator to diagnose esophageal inflammation.
Public/Granted literature
- US20180344143A1 MINIMALLY-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL INFLAMMATION Public/Granted day:2018-12-06
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