THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE;THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
发明人:
Glenn T. Furuta,Steven J. Ackerman
申请号:
US15964839
公开号:
US20180344143A1
申请日:
2018.04.27
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2018
代理人:
摘要:
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.