Method and apparatus for the measurement of autonomic function for the diagnosis and validation of patient treatments and outcomes
OwnerDeborah Dulleninventor
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Abstract
A pain measurement and diagnostic system (PMD) for bioanalytical analysis of pain matrix activity and the autonomic nervous system to diagnose and validate patient treatments, health status and outcomes to diagnose and validate patient treatments and outcomes. The PMD is implemented using medical devices for measuring and reporting objective measurements of pain through patient monitoring and analyzing related biological, psychological, social, environmental, and demographic factors that may contribute to and effect physiological outcomes for patients and through the analysis, improve diagnosis of pain, the evaluation of related disease states, and treatment options.
Claims19
An activity monitor to measure pain, comprising:
- contralateral sensors measuring pain matrix activity without applying voltage.
A sensor track, comprising:
- a flexible sensor attachment device having a track and conductive strip;
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- wherein the flexible sensor attachment device provides for the attachment and electrical connection to a plurality of electrodes and sensors.
A method of quantitatively measuring pain, comprising:
- establishing a baseline by measuring the pain matrix activity during noxious stimulus;
- monitoring pain matrix activity and deflections from the established baseline;
- establishing BioTrace Factors based on patient biophysical data, patient and population demographics and self-reported measurements of pain;
- establishing a PainTrace Factor based on the integration of data from pain matrix activity measurements and BioTrace Factors;
- monitoring patient pain matrix activity through treatment;
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- identifying pre-treatment and post-treatment deltas indicative of the change in pain state;
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- correlating the measured deltas with associated pain scales.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.