Technique for diagnosing attention deficit disorder
US6394963B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 20, 2000 |
| Grant date | May 28, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 20, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B5/726
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method of determining whether an individual has Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) comprising:sampling the peripheral skin temperature of a human subject during a predetermined time interval when the subject is in an inactive state to provide sampled peripheral skin temperature data; andanalyzing the sampled peripheral skin temperature data for a pre-selected parameter, to determine whether said pre-selected parameter has a value indicative of ADD.
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