US 11,793,417 B2
Apparatus and a method of measurement thereof
Filippo Bastia, Soliera (IT)
Assigned to THD S.P.A., Correggio (IT)
Filed by THD S.P.A., Correggio (IT)
Filed on May 11, 2016, as Appl. No. 15/151,965.
Claims priority of application No. 102015000016064 (IT), filed on May 20, 2015.
Prior Publication US 2016/0338605 A1, Nov. 24, 2016
Int. Cl. A61B 5/03 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/036 (2013.01) [A61B 5/227 (2013.01); A61B 5/4255 (2013.01); A61B 5/7475 (2013.01); A61B 5/037 (2013.01); A61B 5/742 (2013.01); A61B 2562/168 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
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1. An apparatus for performing manometric measurements, comprising:
a processing unit,
an anorectal probe comprising a hollow and compressible active portion with an internal volume,
an RFID transponder,
a reader configured for obtaining a reference parameter via a card associated with the anorectal probe, and
an apparatus comprising:
at least one pressure transducer connected to said processing unit and adapted to be fluid-dynamically connected to the anorectal probe, said processing unit comprising:
at least one setting module comprising computer hardware and/or software; and
at least one measuring module comprising computer hardware and/or software.