US 2026/0232215 A1Published application

Methods and apparatus for electro-meridian diagnostics

AssigneeNinurta LLC

InventorsISSAM NEMEH, TODD QUINN, DEBORAH NEMEH, WADI NEMEH, ANDREAS MERSHIN

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Abstract

A current sensor may take measurements of electrical currents that flow between two limbs of a patient through at least a portion of the patient's torso. The current measurements may be taken during a single diagnostic session while the patient holds a ground electrode in a hand of one limb and a probe electrode is sequentially placed at different locations on the distal portions of other limbs. Each of the measurement locations may be an acupuncture point. An electrical current state for the diagnostic session may be calculated. This state may consist of current ranges for one or more electrical currents that are measured during the session. A lookup table may be employed to determine one or more medical conditions that are indicated by the current state. Alternatively, a trained machine learning model may predict, based on the measured currents, one or more medical conditions.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method comprising:

(a) taking, in a diagnostic session, a set of measurements of electric current that flow between a ground electrode and a probe electrode through a patient's body, the measurements being taken in such a way that
(i) different measurements in the set are taken while the probe electrode touches skin of the patient at different Prototype Measurement Locations, one location at a time, and
(ii) each of the respective measurements in the set is taken while
(A) the ground electrode touches skin of a hand of a forearm of the patient, and
(B) the probe electrode touches skin of another limb of the patient at one of the Prototype Measurement Locations;
(b) calculating, based on the set of measurements, a Prototype Electrical Current State for the diagnostic session;
(c) employing a lookup table to identify a medical condition that the lookup table associates with the Prototype Electrical Current State, wherein the medical condition is a Prototype Medical Condition;
and
(d) outputting
(i) a diagnosis that the patient has the medical condition, or
(ii) a recommendation that the patient undergo medical testing to evaluate whether the patient has the medical condition.

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A system comprising:

(a) a current sensor that includes a ground electrode and a probe electrode;
and
(b) one or more computers;
wherein
(i) the current sensor is configured to take, during a diagnostic session, a set of measurements of electric current, in such a way that
(A) the electric current being measured flows between the ground electrode and the probe electrode through a patient's body,
(B) different measurements in the set are taken while the probe electrode touches skin of the patient at different Prototype Measurement Locations, one location at a time, and
(C) each of the respective measurements in the set is taken while
(I) the ground electrode touches skin of a hand of a forearm of the patient, and
(II) the probe electrode touches skin of another limb of the patient at one of the Prototype Measurement Locations, and
(ii) the one or more computers are programmed
(A) to calculate, based on the set of measurements, a Prototype Electrical Current State for the diagnostic session,
(B) to employ a lookup table to identify a medical condition that the lookup table associates with the Prototype Electrical Current State, wherein the medical condition is a Prototype Medical Condition, and
(C) to output
(I) a diagnosis that the patient has the medical condition, or
(II) a recommendation that the patient undergo medical testing to evaluate whether the patient has the medical condition.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.