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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2013
The Regents of the University of Colorado, a Body Corporate, Denver, CO (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Glenn T. Furuta, Aurora, CO (US);
Steven J. Ackerman, Naperville, IL (US);
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE, Denver, CO (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
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.