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Preemptive prophylaxis of migraine device and method

US6066092A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateNov 3, 1998
Grant dateMay 23, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 3, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S128/92
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A preemptive prophylaxis migraine method uses the following cognitive tests: Simple Reaction Time; Running Memory Continuous Performance Task; Matching to Sample; Mathematical Processing Task; and interprets the results as a percent of baseline indicator of need for prophylaxis. A preemptive prophylaxis migraine device includes a microprocessor having a memory; the aforementioned cognitive tests loaded into the memory; means for computing the score on a trial of these tests to establish a baseline, for storing the baseline in the memory, for computing the score of a subsequent trial of the tests, and for comparing the same to the stored baseline; and means for indicating a cognitive change.

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