Method and apparatus for kidney function analysis
AssigneeIndiana University Research and Technology Corporation
InventorsWeiming YU, Bruce A. MOLITORIS, Ruben M. SANDOVAL
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for determining physiological data related to an animal, such as kidney diagnostics data, is provided. The method includes injecting a mixture of a first and a second molecule into an animal (e.g., a human patient), determining a molecular ratio of the molecules, and determining the physiological data based on the molecular ratio. The apparatus includes a number of finger receiving apertures, a light generation circuit, a light detection circuit, a pulse counting circuit, and a user interface.
Claims21
A method for determining physiological data related to an animal, the method comprising:
- injecting a number of a first molecule and a number of a second molecule into the animal, the second molecule having a greater molecular weight than the first molecule;
- determining a molecular ratio of the first molecule and the second molecule;
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- determining the physiological data based on the molecular ratio.
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