Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Minimally-invasive measurement of esophageal inflammation
- Patent Title (中): 食管炎微创测量
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Application No.: US12741549Application Date: 2008-11-05
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Publication No.: US08637239B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: Glenn T. Furuta , Steven J. Ackerman
- Applicant: Glenn T. Furuta , Steven J. Ackerman
- Applicant Address: US IL Urbana US CO Denver
- Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
- Current Assignee: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois,The Regents of the University of Colorado, A Body Corporate
- Current Assignee Address: US IL Urbana US CO Denver
- Agency: Parker Highlander PLLC
- International Application: PCT/US2008/082482 WO 20081105
- International Announcement: WO2009/061819 WO 20090514
- Main IPC: C12Q1/68
- IPC: C12Q1/68 ; G01N33/53
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
- US20100240965A1 MINIMALLY-INVASIVE MEASUREMENT OF ESOPHAGEAL INFLAMMATION Public/Granted day:2010-09-23
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