Pain measurment
First Claim
1. A method of determining the severity of pain at a selected area of a person'"'"'s body according to the following steps:
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preparing a dictionary of stored terms related to the magnitude of depression in temperature that is required at selected painful areas of a persons body in order to mask the pain and thereby apparently cause the pain to disappear;
step 2;
progressively cooling a heat transfer member below said person'"'"'s body temperature while contacting said selected area of said person'"'"'s body with said heat transfer member and thereby progressively lower the temperature at said area of pain;
step 3;
determining the magnitude of the depression in temperature that is required at said area of pain to mask the pain and apparently cause the pain to disappear;
step 4;
comparing the results of step 3 to said dictionary of stored terms and thereby determine the severity of the pain.
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Abstract
A determination is quantitatively made of the severity of pain exhibited at a specified area on an animal by determining the magnitude of cooling required at the area of pain in order for the pain to be masked or made to disappear. The amount of cooling required for pain disappearance is considered directly related to the severity of the pain. Hence, by measuring the temperature depression required to mask the pain in a patient, an examiner can determine just how serious is the pain, and additionally provide guidance in the selection of a specific medicine. There is always some finite temperature depression required for true pain to disappear. Should the patient alleges that no pain relief is encountered by the cooling of the painful area, the examiner considers that the patient is faking his pain.
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17 Claims
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1. A method of determining the severity of pain at a selected area of a person'"'"'s body according to the following steps:
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step 1;
preparing a dictionary of stored terms related to the magnitude of depression in temperature that is required at selected painful areas of a persons body in order to mask the pain and thereby apparently cause the pain to disappear;step 2;
progressively cooling a heat transfer member below said person'"'"'s body temperature while contacting said selected area of said person'"'"'s body with said heat transfer member and thereby progressively lower the temperature at said area of pain;step 3;
determining the magnitude of the depression in temperature that is required at said area of pain to mask the pain and apparently cause the pain to disappear;step 4;
comparing the results of step 3 to said dictionary of stored terms and thereby determine the severity of the pain. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. The method of determining the severity of pain exhibited at a specified area in a human body according to the following steps:
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step 1. determining the magnitude of temperature differential required to relieve pain by reducing the temperature at said specified area until the pain is masked; step 2. determine from the first recited temperature differential the selection of the proper medicine to prescribe for the human body by comparing the results of step 1 with a dictionary of stored terms related to the magnitude of temperature depression and the dosage and selection of the proper medicine to prescribe for a large population of humans to provide statistically sound data; step 3. determining the appropriate medicine by cooling the area of pain until the pain disappears; step 4. providing stored data related to the magnitude of the required dosage of a specific medicine that is indicated in order to treat various magnitudes of severity of pain represented by various magnitudes of temperature differentials. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of determining the severity of pain exhibited at a specified area on a human body, according to the following steps:
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A. selecting a large number of humans having various different degree of pain at various different specified areas; B. accumulating data related to the magnitude of temperature depression required for the specified area on the humans in order for the pain to substantially disappear; C. storing the accumulated data of step B to provide a dictionary of stored terms related to pain severity vs the magnitude of temperature depression at the specified area; D. determining the magnitude of temperature differential required to relieve pain by reducing the temperature at said specified area on the human body until the pain is masked; and
then selecting a medicine appropriate for treatment of said severity of pain exhibited at said specified area on said human body;E. transferring the selected medicine to the human body, thereby determining the severity of pain and the appropriate medicine for optimum treatment of the area of pain in order that pain relief is achieved. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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