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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL (US);
Inventor:
Robert Hans Wagner, Burr Ridge, IL (US);
Assignee:
Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 49/04 (2006.01); A61B 6/00 (2006.01); B29C 70/80 (2006.01); B29C 70/88 (2006.01); A61B 90/00 (2016.01); B29K 91/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B 6/4258 (2013.01); A61B 6/4057 (2013.01); A61B 6/50 (2013.01); A61B 6/5217 (2013.01); A61B 90/39 (2016.02); B29C 70/80 (2013.01); B29C 70/88 (2013.01); A61K 49/0495 (2013.01); B29K 2091/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/753 (2013.01);
Abstract
A traceable device and procedure suitable for investigating gastrointestinal motility disorders by measuring transit time of the device as it is passed through the gastrointestinal tract of a patient. The device includes a core material configured to be imaged with a gamma imaging process and optionally also an x-ray imaging process, and a sealing material substantially insoluble in gastrointestinal fluids and fully encapsulating the core material.