Patent ID: 11896437
Assignee: ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS ON BEHALF OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC A  G | IPC A  G

Claim 8:
9. A system for digital reflex quantization and signature analysis, comprising:
a processor;
a non-transitory memory communicatively coupled with the processor;
a first sensor configured to sense movement of a stimulating device invoking a reflex response in an organism;
a second sensor configured to sense EMG of the reflex response;
a third sensor configured to sense movement resulting from the reflex response of a limb/appendage of the organism; and
a reflex analyzer software having machine readable instructions stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, control the processor to:
receive stimuli data from the first sensor,
receive EMG data from the second sensor,
receive motion data from the third sensor,
synchronize the stimuli data, the EMG data, and the motion data, and
process the stimuli data, the EMG data, and the motion data to determine one or both of a motion signature and an EMG signature and to generate a quantitative evaluation of the reflex response, and
detect a reflex abnormality based on changes in the motion signature and the EMG signature over time;
wherein the motion signature defines a three-dimensional movement of the limb/appendage.