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Method and device for use in the diagnosis of inflammatory states in the urogenital tract

US6149606A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Aerocrine AB · SE

Inventors

Kjell Alving · Uppsala, SE
Jan M. Lundberg · Djursholm, SE
Jon Lundberg · Stockholm, SE
Eddie Weitzberg · Stockholm, SE
Peter Wiklund · Lidingö, SE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 8, 1998
Grant date	Nov 21, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 8, 2018

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG01N33/497
WIPO fieldMeasurement
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Device and method for collecting endogenous gaseous nitric oxide (NO), in the urogenital tract, for example in the urinary tract and in the uterus and oviducts. According to one embodiment, a NO permeable, liquid impermeable inflatable body (16) is positioned in the urethra (5) surrounded by the prostate gland (17), whereby an additional inflatable body (4) positioned in the bladder (2) serves to seal off the bladder from the urethra and helps in the positioning of the device. The present invention further relates to a method and a system for use in the diagnosis of inflammatory states in said organs.

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