Diagnosis of asthma
First Claim
1. An apparatus for diagnosing asthma, the apparatus comprising;
- a data acquisition module configured to acquire measurements of nasal flaring and neck refraction of a subject under examination wherein the data acquisition module comprisesa first strain gauge adapted to be placed on a nostril of the subject and configured to acquire measurements of nasal flaring of the subject during at least one respiratory cycle; and
a second strain gauge adapted to be placed on a neck of the subject and configured to acquire measurements of neck retraction of the subject under examination during at least one respiratory cycle;
wherein the physical deformation features are measured in a form of electrical variation associated with nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination; and
an analysis module configured to analyze the acquired measurements of nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination and diagnose the asthma based on the analyzed measurements of nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination.
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Abstract
An apparatus (200) for diagnosing asthma is disclosed. The apparatus (200) comprises a data acquisition module (210) configured to acquire at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of nasal flaring, neck retraction and inter-coastal retraction of a subject under examination and an analysis module (220) configured to analyze the acquired at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of the nasal flaring, the neck retraction and the inter-coastal retraction of the subject under examination and diagnose the asthma based on the analyzed at least one physical deformation feature associated with at least one of the nasal flaring, the neck retraction and the inter-coastal retraction of the subject under examination. The disclosed apparatus (200) can be used for monitoring asthma at home, at hospital or in ambulatory patients.
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10 Claims
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1. An apparatus for diagnosing asthma, the apparatus comprising;
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a data acquisition module configured to acquire measurements of nasal flaring and neck refraction of a subject under examination wherein the data acquisition module comprises a first strain gauge adapted to be placed on a nostril of the subject and configured to acquire measurements of nasal flaring of the subject during at least one respiratory cycle; and a second strain gauge adapted to be placed on a neck of the subject and configured to acquire measurements of neck retraction of the subject under examination during at least one respiratory cycle;
wherein the physical deformation features are measured in a form of electrical variation associated with nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination; andan analysis module configured to analyze the acquired measurements of nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination and diagnose the asthma based on the analyzed measurements of nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for diagnosing asthma, the method being implemented in a computer system including one or more physical processors storage media storing machine-readable instructions, and two or more strain gauges, the method comprising
acquiring data from physical deformation features associated with nasal flaring and neck retraction of a subject, wherein the acquiring data comprises; -
placing a first strain gauge on a nostril of the subject, wherein the first strain gauge is configured to acquire measurements of nasal flaring of the subject during at least one respiratory cycle; and placing a second strain gauge on a neck of the subject, wherein the second strain gauge is configured to acquire measurements of neck retraction of the subject during at least one respiratory cycle; wherein the physical deformation features are measured in a form of electrical variation associated with nasal flaring and neck retraction of the subject under examination; analyzing the acquired data for physical deformation features associated with each of the nasal flaring and the neck retraction; and comparing the acquired data with stored diagnostic data patterns indicative of diagnosing asthma based on the analyzed physical deformation features associated with nasal flaring and neck retraction.
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