Methods for obtaining quick, repeatable and non-invasive bioelectrical signals in living organisms
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient at the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising:
- locating a probe in contact with the patient'"'"'s skin for measuring an electrical signal of a dermal area near a meridian;
contacting, with an isolation hood of said probe, the dermal area;
actuating a motor and feedback loop to apply pressure to a probe tip independent of the pressure on the isolation hood against the skin; and
measuring, at the skin, an electrical attribute corresponding to said meridian.
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Abstract
The present invention is a method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient that corresponds to a meridian. The present method contemplates locating a dermal area of a patient proximate a meridian. One embodiment of the present invention comprises locating a dermal area by iteratively measuring and comparing the conductivity of a patient'"'"'s skin until a significant level of conductance is indicated. A probe may then be placed in contact with the dermal area, and actuated to obtain an electrical signal therefrom. The probe tip may be specially designed to apply an appropriate amount of pressure to the dermal area to directly sense a meridian, and configured to avoid erroneous measurements resulting from misalignment of the probe or probe tip.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient at the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising:
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locating a probe in contact with the patient'"'"'s skin for measuring an electrical signal of a dermal area near a meridian;
contacting, with an isolation hood of said probe, the dermal area;
actuating a motor and feedback loop to apply pressure to a probe tip independent of the pressure on the isolation hood against the skin; and
measuring, at the skin, an electrical attribute corresponding to said meridian. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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15. A method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient at the patient'"'"'s skin, said method comprising:
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providing electrical feedback to a probe that is configured for measuring an electrical signal of a dermal area near a meridian by contacting the dermal area with said probe and actuating a motor in concert with the electrical feedback to apply pressure to a probe tip independent of the pressure on an isolation hood against the skin;
using the electrical feedback to determine when to stop applying the pressure to the probe tip; and
measuring an electrical attribute at the patient'"'"'s skin corresponding to said meridian.
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16. A computer readable medium storing a computer program product for implementing within a system a method for obtaining an electrical signal from a patient at the patient'"'"'s skin, the computer program product comprising computer program code means utilized to implement the method, wherein the computer program code means is comprised of executable code for:
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initiating electrical feedback to a probe, wherein the probe is configured for measuring an electrical signal of a dermal area near a meridian by contacting the dermal area with said probe and actuating a motor in concert with the electrical feedback to apply pressure to a probe tip independent of the pressure on an isolation hood against the skin;
using the electrical feedback to determine when to stop applying the pressure to the probe tip as a result of having measured an electrical attribute corresponding to said meridian at the patient'"'"'s skin.
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