公开(公告)号：US11717164B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-08

申请号：US16955035

申请日：2018-12-18

Applicant: UNIVERSITEIT ANTWERPEN

Inventor： Stijn Verwulgen ,  Steven Truijen ,  Jochen Vleugels

IPC: A61B5/00 ,  A61B5/30

CPC classification number: A61B5/0053 ,  A61B5/30 ,  A61B5/4312 ,  A61B5/4878 ,  A61B5/6885 ,  A61B5/742 ,  A61B5/7405 ,  A61B5/7455 ,  A61B2560/0223

Abstract: A device for measuring elasticity of a tissue of an object is disclosed. It comprises a base portion comprising contact means for contacting the tissue. It also comprises a palpation probe for pushing down on the tissue comprising a palpation pen for pushing down the tissue and a force measuring means for determining a palpation force applied to the palpation probe and/or a displacement measuring means for determining a displacement of the palpation pen being representative for a displacement of the tissue. The device also comprises a swiveling handle mounted pivotally to the base portion for positioning the device and for distributing a positioning force along the at least two contact points in a predetermined manner.