DE4211181A1 - Electronic diagnostic and therapeutic appts. measuring skin conductivity change - performs sequential test on patient response to small doses with electrodes stimulating portions of nervous system - Google Patents

Abstract

The apparatus includes a plastic honeycomb contg. 50 samples and an array of equal number of diode-decoupled electrodes. The electrodes are applied to the patient's skin while conductivity measurements are made with low-frequency (1 to 10 Hz) square waves. A galvanically isolated computer processes the signals from an A/D convertor using associated measurement and control software. Conductivity measurements taken without application of the medicines are stored as reference values. ADVANTAGE - Precision of measurement improved by preliminary calibration without medicine samples, and computerised evaluation of the test results.

Description

The electronic diagnostic and therapy device essentially consists of;

• - An accumulator-operated application part with an integrated measuring honeycomb for holding a plastic slide holder for 50 slides.
• - A galvanically isolated computer part with integrated measuring analog Digital converter as well as optoelectronically decoupled control outputs, printer, Display and numeric keypad.
• - The measurement and control software required for this.

The galvanic isolation of the computer and the application part is done on everyone Interfaces through optocouplers with a guaranteed insulation voltage greater than 2500 volts.

A forced switching by means of relays ensures that the batteries in the Operating state of the application part are disconnected from their charging circuit.

This circuit technology, in addition to the required electrical safety of the Applied part by supplying potential-free protective low voltage, one excellently screened supply voltage is available for the application part posed.

The measuring comb consists of 50 individually controllable diodes on the measuring device side decoupled electrodes, to the 50 specimen samples by inserting a Plastic carrier can be capacitively coupled.

Due to the special properties of each of these preparations or their different capacities to electrical charges within their specific structure shift, the flank and the settling of one applied to these electrodes low frequency (1-10 Hertz) modulated square wave voltage.

The function of the device now consists of this modulated square wave voltage suitable electrodes on the hands, feet or the pin electrode mentioned above to apply to the patient and at the same time the spontaneous reaction of the body to the respective modulation, in the form of a spontaneously occurring change in the body Flow resistance to measure and store.

For this purpose, the device first carries out a calibration run on the patient without introduced carrier.

Here, the generated by a built-in function generator and in frequency and amplitude adjustable square wave voltage for each of therapists over the Keyboard adjustable period of time applied to each of the 50 electrodes.

The patient's body flow resistance is measured for each of these periods determined and saved as a reference value for each electrode.  

Then a measuring run with inserted, loaded specimen carrier carried out.

The pre-set numerical values are now displayed and saved related relative body values in relation to the previously determined Reference value.

The built-in computer now allows the positive and negative thus obtained Evaluate delta values with adjustable threshold value and the preparations found in this way display and output on request via the built-in printer.

This measuring run can be carried out with any number of differently equipped specimen carriers be performed.

The measured values can be saved for the patient and several specimen carriers will.

Furthermore, the device allows these measured values to be evaluated and automatically use appropriate therapy runs.

The body is now used for all preparations, for the significant changes in the Body flow resistance was determined using the same Preparation honeycomb with, in accordance with the rashes - in phase or in opposite phase modulated, therapy currents stimulated.

Frequency and amplitude can also be regulated by the therapist.

Because the different reactions to subtle stimuli each to certain The acupuncture electrode can also be used to indicate organic situations can be used to supply specific parts of the nervous system with stimuli.

In addition, by entering on the keyboard for each patient individual Therapy runs can be programmed with specially compiled therapeutic agents.

Claims (5)

1. Claims
electronic diagnosis and therapy device for determining and regulating the subtle needs of the body with integrated galvanically decoupled computer part for exact qualitative and quantitative needs diagnosis and therapy, characterized in that the immediate reaction of the body to subtle influences in the form of a spontaneous change in the body flow Resistance during a measurement run for 50 preparations, which are located in a rectangular plastic carrier, can be recorded sequentially. 2. Diagnostic and therapy device according to claim 1,
characterized in that, for better verification of the measured values, a calibration run is carried out without specimens, which provides precise reference values for a difference which is decisive for later diagnosis. 3. Diagnostic and therapy device according to claim 1 and 2,
characterized in that a qualitative and quantitative evaluation of the displayed and stored determined guide values, with parameters preset by the therapist, can be carried out by the built-in computer part immediately after the measurement run, which in turn is used directly to control one or more therapy runs with these preparations. 4. Diagnostic and therapy device according to claims 1-3,
characterized in that the results of several measurement runs of differently equipped specimen carriers can be saved for the respective patient and output on the built-in printer in order to enable even complex combination therapies with possibly hundreds of specimens in a simple manner. 5. Diagnostic and therapy device according to claims 1-4,
characterized in that acupuncture points can be precisely determined in a simple manner by a special pin electrode and an acoustic display of the body flow resistance, and by using this electrode in measurement and therapy runs targeted individual parts of the human nervous system, or the corresponding ones Organs that can be addressed.