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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2012
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
The United States of America Represented BY the Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, DC (US);
William D. Chey, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
James A. Ashton-Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Brennan M. R. Spiegel, Los Angeles, CA;
THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, Oakland, CA (US);
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.