Assessment of organs for transplant, xenotransplant, and predicting time of death
AssigneeThe Nutrition Solutions Corporation
InventorMichaeal G. Singer
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Abstract
A method and system for utilization of bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) in a biological model for body composition analysis (BCA) to provide an objective assessment of an organ's and/or biological entity's volume and distribution of fluids and tissue as well as the electrical health of cells and membranes. A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to death of the biological entity, and/or timing of death of the biological entity, and a method of organ vitality assessment for transplantation of the organ being assessed.
Claims20
A method for determining illness of a biological entity, progression to death of said biological entity, and/or timing of death of said biological entity, comprising the steps of:
- taking whole body measurements of resistance, reactance, phase angle, extracellular water volume, and intracellular water volume at predetermined intervals of time;
- recording said whole body measurements;
- comparing initial values of said whole body measurements to normal values of said whole body measurements and to serially measured values of said whole body measurements;
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- determining from said comparison step hallmarks of said illness of said biological entity, said progression to said death of said biological entity, and/or said death of said biological entity.
A method of organ vitality assessment for transplantation of said organ being assessed, comprising the steps of:
- placing signal introduction electrodes on opposite lateral peripheral borders of said organ upon harvesting of said organ;
- placing signal detection electrodes at superior and inferior borders of said organ for a first part of an initial measurement upon said harvesting of said organ;
- measuring and recording first values of resistance and reactance of said organ in said initial measurement;
- then placing said signal introduction electrodes on said superior and said inferior borders of said organ;
- placing said signal detection electrodes on said opposite lateral borders of said organ;
- measuring and recording second values of said resistance and said reactance of said organ;
- and
- comparing said first and second values to normal values to determine if said organ is acceptable or not for said transplantation.
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