SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR NEUROLOGICAL INJURY DETECTION, CLASSIFICATION AND SUBSEQUENT INJURY AMELIORATION

• US 20070208268A1
• Filed: 03/17/2005
• Published: 09/06/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/17/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Landon Miller
• Original Assignee: Landon Miller
• Inventors: Miller, Landon
• Granted Patent: US 7,846,094 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/544
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/05 Detecting, measuring or recording for diagnosis by means of electric currents or magnetic fields; Measuring using microwaves or radio waves impedance plethysmography A61B5/0295; measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof A61B5/11; detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof A61B5/24
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/24 Detecting, measuring or recording bioelectric or biomagnetic signals of the body or parts thereof
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4041 Evaluating nerves condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7264 Classification of physiological signals or data, e.g. using neural networks, statistical classifiers, expert systems or fuzzy systems neural networks per se G06N3/00; expert systems per se G06N5/00
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

According to the present invention, there is disclosed a system and method for actively and passively detecting and analyzing neurological damage in an injured person using electrical and chemical analyses supported by a computer system and database, selecting an appropriate neurologically protective pharmaceutical for that injury type and circumstances based on the result of said analyses, and then delivering this pharmaceutical via direct injection, intravenous delivery, or other means into the person using components of the kit of which all the elements of the invention are a part.

Claims

1. A system for detecting a neurological injury in a subject, said system comprising:

a computing device comprising;

at least one signal emitter attachable to a first position on the subject to emit an electrical signal generated by the computing device into the subject such that the electrical signal is communicated to a nerve in proximity to the first position;

at least one signal detector attachable to the second position on the subject to detect the electrical signal transmitted by the nerve;

a processor for comparing a threshold reference value with the detected electrical signal and indicating neurological injury when the detected electrical signal is beyond a preselected range of the reference value; and

a display providing indication of neurological injury.

2. The system of claim 1 further comprising a biochemical analyzer sampling a biological fluid obtained from the subject for the presence of chemical species or concentrations indicative of neurological injury.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the database is comprised of signal strengths for various positions and muscle groups of the subject.

4. The system of claim 1 wherein the computing device provides a user with instruction for positioning the at least one emitter and the at least one detector on the subject.

5. The system of claim 1 further comprising a wireless transmitter coupled to the computing device.

6. The system of claim 1 further comprising a user interface for data input to the computing device.

7. The system of claim 1 further comprising an ancillary monitoring device providing the computing device with an input relating to a physiological parameter of the subject.

8. The system of claim 2 wherein the computing device provides suggested pharmaceutical treatment protocols for the subject.

9. The system of claim 1 in combination with a kit of neurologically active pharmaceuticals and at least one device for introducing a pharmaceutical into the subject.

10. A process for detecting a neurological injury in a subject comprising:

attaching an emitter at a first position and a detector at a second position to the subject;

emitting an electrical signal from a computing device into the subject at the first position via the emitter;

detecting the electrical signal transmitted by a nerve at the second position with the detector;

comparing the detected electrical signal with a threshold reference value in the computing device;

indicating a neurological injury when the detected electrical signal is beyond a preselected range of the reference value.

11. The process of claim 10 further comprising sampling a biological fluid obtained from the subject for the presence of chemical species or concentrations indicative of neurological injury.

12. The process of claim 10 further comprising providing suggestions to a user for selecting a pharmaceutical for treating the neurological injury.

13. The process of claim 10 further comprising communicating at least one of the detected electrical signal or indicated neurological injury to a remote location.