REFLEXOMETRY AND HORMONE FUNCTION

• US 20070118046A1
• Filed: 11/16/2006
• Published: 05/24/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daag International, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Daag International, Inc.
• Inventors: Kail, Konrad, Turner, Daryl
• Granted Patent: US 7,708,699 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/553
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1104 induced by stimuli or drugs; A61B5/1102 takes precedence; investigating medicinal preparations G01N33/15
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/41 Detecting, measuring or recording for evaluating the immune or lymphatic systems
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4523 Tendons
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6824 Arm or wrist
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6826 Finger
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 9/005 Electric apparatus for detecting reflex action, e.g. monitoring depth of anaesthesia detection of movements A61B5/11

Abstract

A method including measuring time periods in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and a reflex response is observed. A method including determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation. An apparatus including a striking instrument capable of delivering a kinetic energy to a reflex point of a subject; and a measurement instrument capable of being coupled to a subject and measuring a reflex response. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method including determining time periods in which a reflex point is struck and a reflex response is observed. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method including determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

measuring time periods in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and a reflex response is observed.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

determining a firing interval representing a second time period in which the reflex response is initiated and concluded.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response.

determining a time function by subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising correlating the time function to thyroid hormone function.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising determining a weight, a height, and a body mass index of the subject.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

managing Hashimoto'"'"'s disease based on the time periods.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

managing Graves disease based on the time periods.

9. A method comprising:

determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

determining a hormone function based on the resting metabolic rate.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the hormone function comprises thyroid hormone function.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein prior to determining a resting metabolic rate, the method further comprises:

determining a height, a weight, and a body mass index of the subject.

13. An apparatus comprising:

a striking instrument capable of delivering a kinetic energy to a reflex point of a subject; and

a measurement instrument capable of being coupled to a subject and measuring a reflex response.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a processor comprising a memory and a machine-readable storage medium having a machine-readable program embodied therein comprising instructions for determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and an initiation of a reflex response.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, a processor comprising a memory and a machine-readable medium having a machine-readable program embodied therein comprising instructions for determining a firing interval representing a second time period in which a reflex response is initiated and concluded.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the time period represented by the firing interval is a second time period and the machine-readable program further comprises:

instructions for determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point of a subject is struck and an initiation of the reflex response; and

instructions for subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval.

17. The apparatus of claim 14, wherein the machine-readable program further comprises instructions for calculating a resting metabolic rate.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the instructions for calculating the resting metabolic rate is based on the Kail-Waters equation.

19. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method comprising:

determining time periods in which a reflex point is struck and a reflex response is observed.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein determining time periods comprises:

determining a pre-firing interval representing a time period in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response.

21. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein determining time periods comprises:

determining a firing interval representing a time period in which the reflex response is initiated and concluded.

22. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 21, wherein the time period represented by the firing interval comprises a second time periods,

wherein the method further comprises determining a pre-firing interval representing a first time period in which a reflex point is struck until an initiation of the reflex response, and

wherein the method further comprises determining a time function by subtracting the pre-firing interval from the firing interval.

23. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein the method further comprises correlating the time function to a hormone function.

24. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 23, wherein the hormone function comprises thyroid hormone function.

25. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the method further comprises determining a weight, a height, and a body mass index of the subject.

26. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

managing Hashimoto'"'"'s disease based on the time periods.

27. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

managing Graves disease based on the time periods.

28. A machine-readable storage medium containing executable program instructions which when executed cause a digital processing system to perform a method comprising:

determining a resting metabolic rate of a subject by applying the Kail-Waters equation.

29. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises:

determining a hormone function based on the resting metabolic rate.

30. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the hormone function comprises thyroid hormone function.

31. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein prior to determining a resting metabolic rate, the method further comprises:

determining a height, a weight, and a body mass index of the subject.

32. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 28, wherein the method further comprises:

managing one of Hashimoto'"'"'s disease and Graves disease based on the resting metabolic rate.