Method for decreasing the emotional influence on instrumental diagnostical measurements
US4126125A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 6, 1976 |
| Grant date | Nov 21, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 1996 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S128/905
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Method for decreasing the emotional influence on instrumental diagnostical measurements, wherein the patient under test is encouraged to assume a rest condition by practicing the biological feed-back method, the operator observes the success of this activity on instruments, and the diagnostical measurements are performed when this instrumentally observed value falls within a predetermined domain that is characteristic of the rest condition. An exemplary arrangement for practicing the method comprises instruments for performing the diagnostical measurements, an EEG unit for providing biological feed-back, at least one further unit for conducting similar observations by biological feed-back on at least one of the temperature, pulse and skin conductivity of the patient, at least one operational mode switch, and an indicator unit to furnish information to both the patient and the operator about the value of the fed-back characteristic.
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