Electrophysiological analysis system and method
First Claim
1. An electrophysiological examination system for detection of pathologies, comprising:
- a plurality of surface electrodes designed to be positioned in direct skin-to-electrode contact with distant parts of a human body where each surface electrode of the plurality of surface electrodes has a significant area ranging from 1 square centimeter to 15 square centimeters,a power supply operable to be selectively electrically coupled in succession to form sets of electrode pairs of the plurality of electrodes to apply continuous DC voltage pulses ranging from 1 to 5 volts with a duration ranging from 0.1 to 5 seconds to the sets of electrode pairs, wherein the applied DC voltage pulses are adapted to induce electrochemical changes in the human body including production of chloride ions which affects current flowing in the sets of electrode pairs when the electrophysiological examination system is in use,an acquisition and storage circuit to record current changes flowing in the several sets of electrode pairs as the continuous DC voltage pulses are applied, the acquisition and storage circuit having a sampling circuit configured to sample current signals at a rate ranging from 20 to 10,000 times per second, anda processor configured to compare at least two current changes to validate the changes in the recorded current readings by comparison between at least two current changes provoked in conditions that are assumed to be identical, the processor configured to compare data relating to the recorded and validated current changes with reference data, and thereby produce an output indicative of a pathological nature.
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Abstract
The invention relates to an electrophysiological analysis system which comprises a plurality of electrodes (E1-E4), power supply means (10, 30) for successively applying a substantially continuous voltage ranging approximately from 1 to 5 volts and lasting from 0.1 to 5 seconds to different slotted electrode pairs, collecting and storing means (450) for recording the variation of a current flow in the electrode pairs to which said voltage slots are applied, means (50) for enabling the current variations obtained by comparison between at least two current variations caused by supposed identical conditions and means (50) for comparing data related to the current variations recorded for several electrode pairs and enabled with reference data. Said invention can be used for chronoamperometrically detecting pathologies, pathological areas and organ dysfunctions.
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20 Claims
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1. An electrophysiological examination system for detection of pathologies, comprising:
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a plurality of surface electrodes designed to be positioned in direct skin-to-electrode contact with distant parts of a human body where each surface electrode of the plurality of surface electrodes has a significant area ranging from 1 square centimeter to 15 square centimeters, a power supply operable to be selectively electrically coupled in succession to form sets of electrode pairs of the plurality of electrodes to apply continuous DC voltage pulses ranging from 1 to 5 volts with a duration ranging from 0.1 to 5 seconds to the sets of electrode pairs, wherein the applied DC voltage pulses are adapted to induce electrochemical changes in the human body including production of chloride ions which affects current flowing in the sets of electrode pairs when the electrophysiological examination system is in use, an acquisition and storage circuit to record current changes flowing in the several sets of electrode pairs as the continuous DC voltage pulses are applied, the acquisition and storage circuit having a sampling circuit configured to sample current signals at a rate ranging from 20 to 10,000 times per second, and a processor configured to compare at least two current changes to validate the changes in the recorded current readings by comparison between at least two current changes provoked in conditions that are assumed to be identical, the processor configured to compare data relating to the recorded and validated current changes with reference data, and thereby produce an output indicative of a pathological nature. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An electrophysiological examination system for detection of pathologies in a patient comprising:
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a plurality of surface electrodes each adapted to be positioned in direct contact with a skin surface of the patient when the electrophysiological examination system is in use, each surface electrode of the plurality of surface electrodes having a significant area of at least 1 square centimeter, a DC power supply operably and selectively electrically coupled in succession to several sets of electrode pairs of the plurality of electrodes to apply pulses of continuous DC voltage ranging from 1 to 5 volts and having a duration ranging from 0.1 to 5 seconds to the electrode pairs, wherein the several sets of electrode pairs include a first pair of electrodes including a first electrode positioned at a distant body part of the patient from a second electrode of the first pair of electrodes, an acquisition and storage circuit to record current changes flowing in the several sets of electrode pairs as the pulses of continuous DC voltage are applied, and a processing device configured to compare changes in the recorded current readings between at least two current changes provoked in conditions that are assumed to be identical, and the processing device operably configured to compare data relating to the recorded and validated current changes with reference data, and thereby produce a signal indicative of a pathological nature. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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