MEDICAL DEVICE COMPRISING AN IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT MEANS TO MEASURE VISCERAL FAT
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Abstract
A medical device having an impedance measurement circuit connected to at least two intracorporeal measurement electrodes arranged to measure the impedance of tissue inside the body of a patient. The impedance measurement circuit is adapted to apply a measurement current/voltage signal to the electrodes to measure and calculate the impedance of the measurement tissue, and to apply the calculated impedance value to a storage unit. The stored impedance values are used, by an analysis unit, to measure the amount of visceral fat of the tissue object inside the body of the patient.
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19. A medical device comprising:
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an impedance measurement circuit comprising at least two measurement electrodes, configured to interact in vivo with intracorporeal tissue of a patient; said impedance measurement circuit being configured to apply a measurement signal, selected from the group consisting of a measurement current and a measurement voltage, to said electrodes and to measure and calculate an impedance of the tissue therefrom; a storage unit connected to said impedance measurement circuit in which a plurality of respective impedance values, respectively representing impedance measured over time by said impedance measurement circuit, are stored; and an analyzing unit, having access to said storage unit configured to calculate an amount of visceral fat in said tissue by analyzing said impedance values. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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