DEVICES FOR DETECTING ORGAN CONTENTS USING IMPEDANCE AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME TO PROVIDE VARIOUS THERAPIES

• US 20130267867A1
• Filed: 02/22/2013
• Published: 10/10/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: 3DT Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Ghassan S. Kassab
• Inventors: Kassab, Ghassan S.
• Granted Patent: US 10,456,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/547
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/053 Measuring electrical impedance or conductance of a portion of the body
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4238 stomach
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4836 Diagnosis combined with treatment in closed-loop systems or methods A61B5/0036 takes precedence

Abstract

Devices for detecting organ contents using impedance and methods of using the same to provide various therapies. In an exemplary embodiment of a device for detecting organ contents of the present disclosure, the device comprises a body having a detector coupled thereto, the device configured for placement at or near an outside of an organ and operable to detect contents on an inside of the organ using impedance.

Claims

1. A device for detecting organ contents, the device comprising:

a body having a detector coupled thereto;

the device configured for placement at or near an outside of an organ and operable to detect contents on an inside of the organ using impedance.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein the body is configured as a patch.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the detector comprises a pair of detection electrodes positioned in between a pair of excitation electrodes.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the pair of excitation electrodes are spaced apart from one another sufficient to generate a field that extends to the inside of the organ.

5. The device of claim 4, wherein the pair of detection electrodes is capable of detecting the field generated by the pair of excitation electrodes.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the detector is operable to detect whether or not the inside of the organ has a liquid content therein.

7. The device of claim 6, wherein the detector is operable to detect changes in an amount of the liquid content inside of the organ.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the detector is operable to detect whether or not the inside of the organ has a solid content therein.

9. The device of claim 8, wherein the detector is operable to detect changes in an amount of the solid content inside of the organ.

10. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an adhesive pad coupled to the body, the adhesive pad configured to secure the device to the outside of the organ.

11. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one suture aperture defined within the body, the at least one suture aperture sized and shaped to receive at least one suture therethrough to secure the device to the outside of the organ.

12. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one detector aperture defined within the body, the at least one detector aperture sized and shaped to minimize interference that would compromise data obtained by the detector.

13. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

a power source operably connected to the detector, the power source configured to provide power to the detector so to operate the detector.

14. The device of claim 1, further comprising:

an internal memory operably connected to the detector, the internal memory operable to store conductance data obtained by the detector.

15. A method for using a device, the method comprising the steps of:

positioning a device at or near an outside of an organ of a patient within the patient'"'"'s body, the device comprising a body having a detector coupled thereto, the device operable to detect contents on an inside of the organ using impedance; and

operating the device to detect contents on the inside of the organ.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the operating step is performed by activating the detector to obtain conductance data, the conductance data indicative of the contents on the inside of the organ.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the positioning step is performed to position the device at or near the outside of an organ selected from the group consisting of a stomach, an intestine, a bladder, a lung, and a heart.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

administering a therapy to the patient based upon the contents detected on the inside of the organ.

18. The method of claim 37, wherein the operating step yields conductance data from the detector, the conductance data indicative of a change in an amount of a liquid content on the inside of the organ.

20. A device for detecting organ contents, the device comprising:

a body having a detector coupled thereto, the body configured as a patch and the detector comprising a pair of detection electrodes positioned in between a pair of excitation electrodes,

the device configured for placement at or near an outside of an organ and operable to detect contents on an inside of the organ using impedance;

wherein the pair of excitation electrodes are spaced apart from one another sufficient to generate a field that extends to the inside of the organ.