Surgery – Diagnostic testing – Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
Patent
1997-10-03
1999-06-29
O'Connor, Cary
Surgery
Diagnostic testing
Measuring anatomical characteristic or force applied to or...
73101, A61B 5103
Patent
active
059161809
ABSTRACT:
Methods and devices are described for calibrating the pressure sensors of a tissue examination device to enable the sensors to produce signals that accurately indicate whether an underlying tissue structure is present in tissue being examined. In general, the calibration is performed using a substance configured to apply a selected amount of pressure to the sensors when engaged in a selected way by the tissue examination device. The sensors are calibrated based on levels of the signals produced in response to the selected amount of pressure imposed by the substance. The tissue examination device may be pressed against the substance, or the substance may be pressed against the sensors. Preferably, the substance applies the selected amount of pressure substantially uniformly to the sensors. A wide variety of substances can be used, such as a foam pad, a rubber pad, a gel, a fluid-containing balloon, and pressurized air. The calibration methods and devices are simple to perform--and in fact are preferably performed during device power up so as to be transparent to the user--while accurately compensating for variations in the signals produced by the sensors as a group, as well as for individual (i.e., sensor to sensor) variations.
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Cundari Michael A.
Last Timothy
Noble Brian D.
Roberts Troy W.
Widder David R.
O'Connor Cary
UroMed Corporation
Wingood Pamela L.
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