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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2017
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Adil E. Bharucha, Rochester, MN (US);
Randolph W. Stroetz, Rochester, MN (US);
Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, Rochester, MN (US);
Abstract
Systems, devices and methods that can be used to obtain objective pressure measurements in a body cavity using one or more monitoring bladders mounted on a catheter. The monitoring bladders may be adapted to connect or be connected to a system capable of providing objective pressure measurements indicative of the compressive forces acting on the one or more monitoring bladder in the body cavity. The body cavity may include, for example, the rectum, esophagus, stomach, intestine, colon, reproductive tract, urethra, oronasopharnygeal tract, etc.