Method and means of determining the health condition of a living creature
First Claim
1. A method of determining the health condition of a particular test individual on the basis of a comparison of a selected measured physiological characteristic of the test individual to a corresponding reference characteristic of a healthy condition comprising the steps of:
- detecting values of the selected physiological characteristic at a statistically significant plurality of measuring points distributed over a defined body region of the test individual, determining a statistical distribution of the detected values obtained for the body region of the test individual, determining a logarithmic reference normal distribution of the detected values, and comparing the statistical distribution of the detected values to the logarithmic reference normal distribution of the detected values Of the selected physiological characteristic.
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Abstract
A method of determining the health condition of a living creature comprises the steps of detecting a selected physiological characteristic, e.g. the conductivity of the skin, of the living creature at a statistically significant plurality of measuring points distributed over a defined body portion of the living creature, determining, e.g. by means of a computer, the statistical distribution of the measured values and comparing the statistical distribution of the measured values to a reference statistical distribution of the selected physiological characteristic. The said reference statistical distribution is a logarithmic distribution which is determined according to the calculating methods of statistics by means of the computer directly from the measured values obtained for the individual tested living creature. The invention for the first time permits a reliable indication as to overall health condition of a human or animal.
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1. A method of determining the health condition of a particular test individual on the basis of a comparison of a selected measured physiological characteristic of the test individual to a corresponding reference characteristic of a healthy condition comprising the steps of:
- detecting values of the selected physiological characteristic at a statistically significant plurality of measuring points distributed over a defined body region of the test individual, determining a statistical distribution of the detected values obtained for the body region of the test individual, determining a logarithmic reference normal distribution of the detected values, and comparing the statistical distribution of the detected values to the logarithmic reference normal distribution of the detected values Of the selected physiological characteristic.
- View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. An apparatus for determining the health condition of a particular test individual on the bases of a comparison of a selected measured physiological characteristic of the test individual to a corresponding reference characteristic of a healthy condition, said apparatus comprising:
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a sensor device comprising a plurality of sensing elements for detecting values of the selected physiological characteristic of the test individual at a plurality of measurement points distributed over a body region of the test individual; a processing means coupled to the sensor device for processing signals representative of the detected values of the physiological characteristics received from the sensor device; said processing means including a calculating processor means for calculating from the signals an actual statistical distribution of the detected values and for calculating a logarithmic normal distribution of the measured values. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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