Method for analysis of abnormal body tremors
US6936016B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 17, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 26, 2023 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61B2562/0247
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method useful for evaluating abnormal body tremors wherein a subject is positioned onto a support surface and one or more components of the load exerted by the subject upon the support surface are measured. Simultaneously, the cardiac activity of the subject is also recorded and the time interval between each consecutive heartbeat is computed. The measured load output is modified to normalize the weight of the subject and then plotted against a modified frequency wherein each time interval between heartbeats represent a unit of time and a selected equal number of force measurement samples are interpolated between each heartbeat. The frequency spectrum analysis of such a modified power spectrum graph yields information about body tremor which can be compared to a prior analysis of the same subject or to the same analysis of a standard. The standard is created using the identical method upon, preferably, a sufficient number of subjects known to be free of abnormal body tremor to yield an average measure useful for comparison and diagnostic purposes.
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