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Diagnosis of asthma

US9237862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

KONINIKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. · NL

Inventors

Nagaraju Bussa · Kanchinakote, IN
Kumar Rajamani · San Ramon, US
Abhishek Jain · Baraut, IN

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 4, 2010
Grant date	Jan 19, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61B2562/0261
WIPO fieldMedical technology
WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus (200) for diagnosing asthma is disclosed. The apparatus (200) comprises a data acquisition module (210) configured to acquire at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of nasal flaring, neck retraction and inter-coastal retraction of a subject under examination and an analysis module (220) configured to analyze the acquired at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of the nasal flaring, the neck retraction and the inter-coastal retraction of the subject under examination and diagnose the asthma based on the analyzed at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of the nasal flaring, the neck retraction and the inter-coastal retraction of the subject under examination. The disclosed apparatus (200) can be used for monitoring asthma at home, at hospital or in ambulatory patients.

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