Patent ID: 9372186
Filing Date: 2016-06-21
CPC Classification: A61B,A61K,A61P,C12Q,C12Y,G01N,Y02A

Claim Text:
1. A method for sampling esophageal mucosa in a subject comprising: (a) deploying a device into the esophagus of the subject, the device comprising a capsule located at the distal end of the device having an opening and a drag material embedded in the capsule, and a line embedded in the drag material and running through the opening of the capsule, the line comprising one or more capture agents; (b) removing the device after a predetermined period of time during which the one or more capture agents was exposed to the esophageal mucosa of the subject; (c) collecting one or more diagnostic indicators located in the esophageal mucosa; and (d) evaluating the one or more diagnostic indicators.