Christopher D Bierl

US Patent:

20090318783, Dec 24, 2009

Filed:

Jun 12, 2009

Appl. No.:

12/456151

Inventors:

BEMINA L. ROHDE - Cheektowaga NY, US
CHRISTOPHER D. BIERL - East Aurora NY, US
KAI-SING J. HWANG - Orchard Park NY, US

International Classification:

A61B 5/07

US Classification:

600302

Abstract:

A computerized method of analyzing measurements obtained from the gastrointestinal tract of subject comprising the steps of providing an ingestible capsule () having a sensor () for measuring a parameter of the gastrointestinal tract of a subject, having a subject ingest () the capsule, recording () measurements from the sensor as the capsule passes through the gastrointestinal tract of the subject, transmitting () the measurements to a processor (), conditioning () the measurements to provide data as a function of a time interval, plotting () the data on a display (), providing a query (), on the display, receiving input () from a user in response to the query, setting a marker (-) on the plot () at a location as a function of the input, and determining () a capsule transit time for a selected portion of the gastrointestinal tract as a function of the location of the marker.