DEVICE AND METHOD FOR THE ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT OF BODY FUNCTIONS AND CONDITIONS
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Abstract
At an electric instrument used for the measurement of heart- and vascular function as well as body spaces, which is based on impedance measurement, the position of the electrodes, body volume and the volume of the segments located between the electrodes are measured with the help of a contactless measuring apparatus. The instrument comprises a plurality of electrodes capable of being attached to a body, a reference surface on which the body may be placed, and an electrical impedance meter capable of measuring the bodily functions of the body by measuring the electrical impedance and estimating the shape of the body by locating the electrodes attached to the body with reference to the reference surface, wherein the measured electrical impedance is associated with the estimated shape of the body segment.
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92 Claims
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1-73. -73. (canceled)
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74. A device for electronically measuring bodily functions, the device comprising:
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a plurality of electrodes capable of being attached to a body; a reference surface on which the body may be placed; an electrical impedance meter capable of measuring the bodily functions of a two or three dimensional segment of the body by measuring the electrical impedance of the body and estimating the shape of the segment of the body by locating the electrodes attached to the body with reference to the reference surface on which the body is placed, wherein the measured electrical impedance is associated with the estimated shape of the at least one body segment in order to measure the bodily functions of the at least one body segment. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92)
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