Patent ID: 9693752
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61B

Claim:
1. A method for facilitating a medical diagnosis related to an internal object in an entity of interest utilizing one or more sonic sensors and a plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors, comprising: (a) determining physical characteristics of the entity of interest by detecting sound using the one or more sonic sensors when disposed at the entity of interest positioned proximate the internal object, the determined physical characteristics including a thickness of adipose tissue at a plurality of positions proximate the internal object; (b) positioning the plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors at the entity of interest by utilizing one or more of the determined physical characteristics of the entity of interest to select locations for positioning of the plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors, the locations being selected to have similar thicknesses of adipose tissue; (c) determining electric or magnetic potential of the internal object by detecting the internal object using the positioned plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors, (d) providing data from detecting the internal object using the positioned plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors to a medical practitioner; whereby data from the one or more sonic sensors and data from the plurality of non-resistive contact electric field sensors is utilized in combination to provide information for facilitating a medical diagnosis related to the internal object.