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METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING AN OPERABLE STIMULUS INTENSITY FOR NERVE CONDUCTION TESTING

  • US 20070185409A1
  • Filed: 02/15/2007
  • Published: 08/09/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/20/2005
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of determining an operable stimulus intensity for nerve conduction testing, comprising:

  • repeatedly stimulating a body portion adjacent a nerve at an increasing stimulus intensity;

    detecting a response potential in response to each stimulation of the body portion;

    determining a plurality of averaged responses based on the detected response potentials, each averaged response being an average of a set of at least two consecutive response potentials, each set of response potentials having at least one response potential not in another set;

    determining at least two parameters of each averaged response;

    determining that a maximal stimulus intensity has been reached when the respective at least two parameters of at least two averaged responses are within a predetermined range; and

    determining the operable stimulus intensity as a predetermined proportion of the maximal stimulus intensity.

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