FR2718265A1 - Calculator of global index of human cellular ageing - Google Patents

Abstract

The calculator allows entry of data and can display the results of the computation performed on the entered data. The user enters data in response to a series of questions. The calculator has keys to select questions and to enter responses. Each key carries symbols appropriate to a question. The acceptance of values and their processing is performed by a microcontroller, which also drives a display formed by multiple seven segment displays. The questions ask information on consumption of animal and vegetable fats, sugars, alcohol, tobacco; exposure to ultraviolet radiation, work hazards; locomotion and memory difficulties; stress and fatigue; chronic illnesses; height and weight; visible signs of ageing. Questions are also asked on positive lifestyle factors.

Description

CALCULATOR
The invention relates mainly to a calculator, in particular to a calculator for establishing the overall index of cellular aging.

It is known that human behavior, including eating behavior. physical and psychic can promote the development of cardiovascular diseases, cancers and neuropsychiatric disorders. However, there are no simple ways for individuals to know their index of cellular aging giving a fairly accurate idea of the physical and pathological condition of individuals. The determination of the global index of cellular aging is described in the book of
Guy JADOT entitled "Antioxidant and Aging" published in 1994,
Editions John Libbey, Eurotext, London Paris Rome.

 The calculator according to the invention makes it possible to warn individuals that their overall index of cellular aging is abnormally high or that its increase is too rapid.

 An improvement in lifestyle allows individuals who take into account the warning provided by the calculator according to the invention, to reduce the risk of disease and increase the life expectancy of these individuals.

 It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide a device allowing individuals who do not have a particular medical culture to determine their overall index of cellular aging, to enable them to improve their lifestyle and, consequently , to reduce the risk of illness and to increase their life expectancy.

 It is also an object of the present invention to provide a device enabling individuals to monitor the variation over time of their overall index of cellular aging.

 These goals will be achieved by a device to deduce. from the answers provided by the user to a list of predetermined questions, his overall index of cellular aging.

 The main subject of the invention is a calculator for determining the global index of human cellular aging by summation of the elementary index of the aging of the human body, each elementary index of human cellular aging being determined from the response provided by the user. to a corresponding question, said calculus comprising means for selecting one of the questions available, means for introducing the answers to the question, means for calculating the overall index from the elementary indices and display means of the global index of calculated cellular aging.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that the means for selecting a question among the available questions and / or the means for entering the answer to the question comprise keys of a keyboard.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that it comprises a key by questions available, each key bearing the symbols relating to the corresponding question.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that it comprises three keys for introducing a quantized response to a question.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that it comprises the numeric keys for introducing a quantized response to a question.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that the display means of the overall index of aging are constituted by a display device comprising a plurality of seven-segment displays in the form of the numeral 8.

 The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that the means for calculating the overall index from the elementary indices comprise a microcontroller.

The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that aggravating factors of the elementary aging coefficients are chosen from a set comprising:
- a significant consumption of animal and vegetable fats,
- a significant consumption of sugars,
- a significant consumption of alcohol,
- a significant consumption of tobacco,
- significant exposure to solar and / or ultraviolet radiation,
- an exposed professional activity,
- severe shortness of breath,
- difficulty of locomotion,
- difficulties of memorization,
- the stress,
- tiredness,
- Difficulties of digestion,
- chronic diseases,
- a significant weight / size index and
- external signs of aging.

The invention also relates to a calculator, characterized in that the factors attenuating the elementary aging coefficients are chosen from a set comprising the following criteria:
- high consumption of fruits and vegetables,
- high consumption of foods rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids,
- significant consumption of unsweetened water,
- regular exercise of non-violent sports activities,
- numerous and varied intellectual motivations.

 The invention will be better understood by means of the description below and the attached figure showing the preferred embodiment of a calculator according to the present invention.

 The calculator of FIG. 1 comprises a display 1, for example a liquid crystal display comprising eight individual displays with seven segments. The calculator also comprises a keyboard 2 consisting of eleven lines numbered in Figures 1 to 11 of four keys arranged in columns numbered in Figures A, B. C, and D. The calculator further comprises. a microcontroller, for example a microcontroller 8031, and a power supply.

 The calculator according to the present invention is accompanied by a user manual asking to answer, for example, twenty questions.

 In the preferred embodiment, the key 1A is not used, the key 1B corresponds to the initialization of the answers to the questions, the key 1C corresponds to a partial erasure, the key 1D corresponds to the start and at a total erasure, the keys 2A to 6D correspond to the selection of the questions, the keys 7A to 7C correspond to predetermined answers to the questions asked, the key 7D makes it possible to obtain the display of the numerical result of the cellular global aging, the keys 8A to 11D correspond to the normal keys of a numerical calculator making it possible to perform the four basic arithmetic operations.

Each of the keys 2A to 6D screen-printed the symbol of one of the predetermined questions. The user is asked to answer certain questions by a numerical value and to others by predetermined values such as for example Zoui or 1many1, corresponding to the key 7A "no" or "not at all" corresponding to the key. 7B, or "average" or a little "corresponding to the key 7 C. A visual confirmation is advantageously provided at the level of the display 1. For example,
The display of the upper horizontal bar 3 corresponds to the key 7A,
The display of the lower horizontal bar 4 corresponds to the key 7B and the display of the horizontal horizontal bar 5 corresponds to the key 7C. During the test, the user successively types the key corresponding to the question, then one of the keys 7A, 7B or 7C or a series of numeric keys to provide an answer. The user repeats these operations for the twenty questions asked.

 The user initialises the calculator, for example by pressing the key 1 B, then indicates his age using the numeric keys and answers the questions contained in the user manual of the calculator. Each quantized response of the user is assigned a value of aging or an elementary index of cellular aging.

This correspondence is advantageously tabulated in a permanent memory, for example in a read-only memory (ROM in English terminology). Advantageously, the number of the question and the concatenated answer provided constitute the address, in the table, of the elementary index of the corresponding cellular aging. In an alternative embodiment, the values of the elementary indices to be added are directly cabled in the microcontroller. The sum of the elementary indices gives the overall index of the aging of the person.

 The 2A key corresponds to the consumption of fruits and vegetables.

 A significant consumption, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Average consumption, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A low or zero consumption, involving the striking of the 7D key, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The touch of the 2B key is the question about the consumption of foods rich in animal or vegetable fats, such as fries, frying, dishes in sauce or fatty meats.

 A significant consumption, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 An average consumption of animal and vegetable fats, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A low or no consumption of animal and vegetable fats, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 2C corresponds to the consumption of polyunsaturated fatty acids relating to the consumption, for example, of fish or milk.

 A diet rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 0 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A diet moderately rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A diet low in polyunsaturated fatty acids, involving the striking of the key 78, adds the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 The 2D key corresponds to the consumption of sugars and carbohydrates, especially in the form of pastries, sweets, sweet yogurts or sugary drinks.

 A high sugar diet involving the touch of the 7A pad adds the number 10 to the overall cell aging index.

A diet moderately rich in sugars, involving the striking of the 7C button adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A diet low in sugars involving the striking of the 7B key adds the number 0 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 The 3A key corresponds to the consumption of alcohol.

 Heavy alcohol consumption, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds a number 10 to the overall cell aging index. This response corresponds to a wine consumption of more than one liter per day or to the regular consumption of aperitifs or digestifs.

 An average consumption of alcohol for example less than 0.5 liters of wine per day, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 An absence of alcohol consumption, or a low alcohol consumption, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 Key 3B corresponds to the water consumption.

 A significant consumption of water in unsweetened form, greater than one liter per day, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A corresponding average water consumption, for example equal to 0.5 liters per day, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Low water consumption, for example less than 0.5 liters per day, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The 3C key corresponds to the exercise of sports activities.

 The exercise of important sports activities, regular and non-violent, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The exercise of average sports activity, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A low or no sports activity, involving the striking of the key 78, adds the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 The 3D key corresponds to the consumption of tobacco.

 A high consumption of tobacco corresponding, for example, to more than twenty cigarettes per day or for an equivalent consumption of cigars or pipe tobacco, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging. .

 An average consumption of cigarettes corresponding to 5 to 19 cigarettes per day, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A low or no tobacco consumption of less than 5 cigarettes per day, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 Key 4A corresponds to exposure to solar radiation and / or ultraviolet radiation.

 A significant exposure to the sun corresponding to an irradiation greater than 2 hours per day, especially during sunbathing, outdoor work, The exercise of the farmer's or fisherman's profession, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 at the global index of cellular aging.

 An average solar exposure, between one hour and two hours a day, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A low solar exposure, less than 30 minutes per day, involving the striking of the key 78, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 48 corresponds to the professional activity performed.

 A demanding professional activity corresponding to a work force, painful, regular and / or repetitive, to work in a polluted environment or in the presence of ionizing radiation or dangerous work requiring continuous attention, involving the striking of the key 7A, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A moderately exposed professional activity, involving the touch of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A poorly exposed professional activity and / or absence of professional activity, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 4C is shortness of breath.

 Significant shortness of breath after exercise, due to asthma or chronic bronchitis of the smoker, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 An average shortness of breath, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A shortness of breath, involving the hit of the 78 key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The 4D key corresponds to the locomotion difficulties resulting from, for example, rheumatism or heavy legs which cause difficulties in walking or standing.

 Serious difficulties in walking or standing, involving the touch of the 7A key, add the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 Some difficulties in walking and standing, involving the striking of the 7C button, add the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A lack of difficulty in walking or standing, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 The 5A key corresponds to the intellectual motivation.

 Numerous daily centers of interest at the level of professional activity, leisure or seduction, involving the striking of the 7A key, add the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A few daily and diverse points of interest, involving the striking of the 7C key, add the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Few daily centers of interest, involving the hit of the 7B key, add the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 5B corresponds to the storage capacity.

 Many memory difficulties, involving the striking of the 7A key, add the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Some difficulties of memorization, involving the striking of the key 7C, add the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A lack of memory difficulties allowing a good orientation in time and space, easy learning and high concentration, involving the striking of the key 7B, add the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The 5C key is stress.

 An important stress induced by fear of death, mourning, divorce, loneliness, uninteresting professional activity, grief or family problems, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 An average stress, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the global index of cellular aging.

 An absence of stress, involving the pressing of the key 78, adds the number O to the global index of cellular aging.

 The 5D key corresponds to fatigue.

 Significant tiredness due to weariness, difficulty falling asleep and sleeping, and irregular eating, involving 7A keystroke, adds the number 10 to the overall cell aging index.

 An average fatigue, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 An absence of fatigue, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The 6A key is difficult digestion.

 Significant digestion difficulties due to frequent stomach and abdominal pain, regular constipation, bad teething and bad chewing, involving the touch of 7A, add the number 10 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 Average digestion difficulties, involving the striking of the 7C key, add the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 A lack of difficulties in digesting, involving the striking of the 7B key, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 6B is chronic disease.

 Chronic disease requiring treatment such as diabetes, high blood pressure, weight loss, kidney, liver, dermatological or neurological disorders, involving the striking of the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the overall index of aging. cellular.

 A stabilized chronic condition, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall cell aging index.

 An absence of chronic conditions, involving the pressing of the key 78, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Key 6C corresponds to the weight / size index.

A high index of the weight / height ratio, involving the striking of
the 7A key, adds the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 A mean weight / height index, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall cell aging index.

 A low weight-to-size index, involving the keystroke 78, adds the number 0 to the overall cell aging index.

 The 6D key corresponds to the external signs of aging.

 Significant external signs of aging, such as white hair, decreased visual acuity, hearing, the appearance of wrinkles or age spots, involving the striking of the 7A button, add the number 10 to the global index of cellular aging.

 The presence of a sign of aging, involving the striking of the 7C key, adds the number 5 to the overall index of cellular aging.

 The absence of signs of aging, involving the striking of the key 78, adds the number 0 to the global index of cellular aging.

 Table 1 shows the normal, accelerated or severe aging index for various ages. This table can be included in memory in the calculator according to the present invention, and indicate whether the index of cellular aging is normal, accelerated or severe, for example using the horizontal bars of the 3, 4 or 5 displays seven segments , or, on the contrary, can only be consulted in the instructions for use of the calculator.

Table 1
INDEX OF CELLULAR OBSERVATION

<tb> AGE <SEP> CLASS <SEP> (years) <SEP> NORMAL <SEP> ACCELERATE <SEP> SEVERE <SEP>
<tb><SEP> 10-20 <SEP> 1 <SEP><35<SEP> 35-55 <SEP><SEP> i <SEP>> 55 <SEP>
<tb><SEP> .0 <SEP> - <SEP> 30 <SEP><<SEP> 40 <SEP> 40- <SEP> 60 <SEP><SEP>>SEP> 60
<tb><SEP> 30-40 <SEP> i <SEP><45<SEP> 45-65 <SEP>><SEP> 65
<tb><SEP> 40-50 <SEP> t <SEP><SEP><<SEP> 50 <SEP> 50-70 <SEP>> 70
<tb><SEP> 50-60 <SEP><<SEP> 55 <SEP> 55-75 <SEP>> 75
<tb><SEP> 60 <SEP> - <SEP> 70 <SEP><SEP><SEP> 60 <SEP> 60-80 <SEP>>SEP> 80
<tb><SEP> 70 <SEP> - <SEP> 80 <SEP><65<SEP> 55-85 <SEP>><SEP> 85
<tb><SEP> 80 <SEP> - <SEP> 90 <SEP>;<SEP><SEP> 70 <SEP> i <SEP><SEP>: 0 <SEP> - <SEP> 90 <SEP> t <SEP><SEP>>SEP> 90
<tb><SEP>><SEP> 90 <SEP><75<SEP> 75-95 <SEP>><SEP> 95
<Tb>
Depending on the result of the test, the user may change these eating and living habits, and resort to medicine, if necessary. In addition, the individual can follow the evolution over time of its global index of cellular aging.

 It is understood that the present invention is not limited to the example described, but extends to variants embodying the principle of the present invention, namely the computation by a calculator of the global index of cellular aging. In particular, a calculator with a single key to go from one question to the next question, is not beyond the scope of the present invention.

 Likewise, it is possible to favor certain domains by larger coefficients.

 The calculator comprising an alpha-numeric display 1 to display the questions and thus to get rid of an external instruction manual, is not beyond the scope of the present invention.

 Similarly, the memory capabilities of the individual corresponding to the 5D key can be determined by the calculator after presenting a test to the user.

 On the other hand, the calculator may comprise means for memorizing the global cell aging index previously calculated, advantageously associated with the calculation date, entered by the user or provided by an internal clock.

Claims (9)

 A calculator for determining the overall index of human cell aging by summation of elementary index of aging of the human body, each elementary index of human cellular aging being determined from the response provided by the user to a corresponding question, said calculator comprising means (2) for selecting one of the available questions, means (2) for introducing the answers to the question, means for calculating the overall index from the elementary indices and means (1) display of the global index of cellular cashew aging.  2. Calculator according to claim 1, characterized in that the means (2) for selecting a question among the available questions and / or the means (2) for introducing the answer to the question comprise keys (2A to 6D and 7A 7C) of a keyboard (2).  3. Calculator according to claim 2, characterized in that it comprises a key (2A to 6D) by questions available, each key bearing the symbols relating to the corresponding question.  4. Calculator according to claim 2 or 3, characterized in that it comprises three keys (7A, 7B, 7C) to introduce a quantized response to a question.  5. Calculator according to any one of claims 2 to 4, characterized in that it comprises the numeric keys (8A, 8B, 8C, 9A, 9B, 9C, 10A, OB 1, IOC, 11A) to introduce an answer quantified to a question.  6. Calculator according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the display means of the overall index of aging are constituted by a display device (1) comprising a plurality of displays seven segments in the form of number 8.  7. Calculator according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the means for calculating the overall index from the elementary indices comprise a microcontroller.  8. Calculator according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that aggravating factors of the elementary coefficients of aging are chosen from a set comprising:  - a significant consumption of animal and vegetable fats,  - a significant consumption of sugars,  - a significant consumption of alcohol,  - a significant consumption of tobacco,  - a significant exposure to solar and / or ultraviolet rays,  - an exposed professional activity,  - severe shortness of breath,  - difficulty of locomotion,  - difficulties of memorization,  - the stress,  - tiredness,  - Difficulties of digestion,  - chronic diseases,  - a significant weight / size index and  - external signs of aging.  9. Calculator according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the attenuating factors the elementary aging coefficients are chosen from a set comprising the following criteria:  - high consumption of fruits and vegetables,  - high consumption of foods rich in polyunsaturated fatty acids,  - significant consumption of unsweetened water,  - regular exercise of non-violent sports activities,  - numerous and varied intellectual motivations.