Patents Assigned to UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERNAS AFFAIRS
  • DIGITAL MANOMETRY FINGER-MOUNTABLE SENSOR DEVICE
    Publication number: 20130158365
    Abstract: A probe system includes a finger-mountable housing having a distal end and a proximal receptacle end. The proximal receptacle end defines an opening to receive a finger. The probe system also includes a probe assembly disposed on or within the finger-mountable housing and having at least a first sensor. The first sensor is positioned to measure a physical characteristic of a first tissue when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted in a rectum of the patient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Publication date: June 20, 2013
    Applicants: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERNAS AFFAIRS, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
    Inventors: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT REPRESENTED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS