Hand-held medical apparatus
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1. A hand-held medical apparatus comprising:
- a. a housing;
b. an inlet for receiving a sample of user breath;
c. a sensor for detecting a pre-determined breath component of said user breath and producing a breath-component signal over a measurement time;
d. a sensing electrical circuit in electrical communication with said sensor for sensing said breath-component signal, wherein the magnitude of said breath-component signal is a function of the concentration of said pre-determined breath component in said breath sample to be received into said inlet;
e. an analog to digital converter in electrical communication with said sensing electrical circuit for converting said breath-component signal to a digital signal;
f. a microprocessor for processing said digital signal into at least one of a data signal and a user fat metabolism indicator; and
g. a display in electrical communication with said microprocessor for displaying said user fat metabolism indicator.
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The subject invention provides a hand-held medical apparatus (10) for detecting a predetermined component of user breath and producing a breath-component signal over a measurement time. Such breath-component signal may be correlated to a user fat metabolism indicator.
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1. A hand-held medical apparatus comprising:
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a. a housing;
b. an inlet for receiving a sample of user breath;
c. a sensor for detecting a pre-determined breath component of said user breath and producing a breath-component signal over a measurement time;
d. a sensing electrical circuit in electrical communication with said sensor for sensing said breath-component signal, wherein the magnitude of said breath-component signal is a function of the concentration of said pre-determined breath component in said breath sample to be received into said inlet;
e. an analog to digital converter in electrical communication with said sensing electrical circuit for converting said breath-component signal to a digital signal;
f. a microprocessor for processing said digital signal into at least one of a data signal and a user fat metabolism indicator; and
g. a display in electrical communication with said microprocessor for displaying said user fat metabolism indicator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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