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080003: Noninvasive Neonatal Gastroesophageal Reflux Monitor

Some newborn infants have serious reflux problems that can result in gastric fluids ascending the esophagus to the trachea, where the fluid can then be aspirated into the lungs. Current gastroesophageal reflux (GER) diagnostic tests are invasive, use a pH probe mounted on a nasoesophageal catheter that does not detect non-acidic gastric reflux,...
Published: 7/21/2014   |   Inventor(s): Ira Gewolb, Frank Vice
Keywords(s): Accelerometer, Acoustic Device, Diagnostic Test, Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD), Low-Frequency Signal Processing Category(s): Medical, Test and Measurement