Patent ID: 9743857
Date: 2017-08-29
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A probe system comprising: a finger-mountable housing having a distal end and a proximal receptacle end, wherein the proximal receptacle end defines an opening to receive a finger; and a probe assembly, disposed on or within the finger-mountable housing and having at least (i) a puborectalis activity sensor to measure activity of a puborectalis muscle of a patient when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted into an anus and rectum of the patient, (ii) a sphincter activity sensor to measure activity of an anal sphincter muscle of the patient when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted into the anus and rectum of the patient, and (iii) an intrarectal pressure sensor to measure intrarectal pressure when the finger-mountable housing and probe assembly are inserted into the anus and rectum of the patient,