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PERSONAL GALVANIC SKIN RESPONSE MONITORING INSTRUMENT

  • US 3,870,034 A
  • Filed: 03/26/1973
  • Issued: 03/11/1975
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/26/1973
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A device for indicating changes in electrical resistance in the skin of a human subject, comprising a. a casing of a size and shape adapted to be worn on a wrist of said subject and having an inner and an outer face, b. wrist band means connected to said casing for detachably engaging the inner face of said casing to said wrist, c. a pair of exposed electrodes mounted in fixed spaced relation to the outer face of said casing and adapted to be touched by two different fingers of said subject, said electrodes being substantially flush with the outer face of said casing and of a size and shape to be covered by an average fingertip d. a source of electrical power mounted to said casing and connected to said electrodes for establishing a potential difference between said electrodes, e. first means responsive to the current flowing between the electrodes for deriving a signal related to the skin resistance of said subject, f. a variable frequency oscillator mounted to said casing, g. second means responsive to the derived signal for controlling the frequency of said oscillator whereby the frequency of said oscillator will vary with changes in the skin resistance of said subject, and, h. third means coupled to said oscillator for indicating changes in oscillator frequency.

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