Patent ID: 9730605
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: A61B,A61H,A61N

Claim:
1. A method for diagnosing at least one of a brain injury and a spinal cord injury, comprising: providing a probe comprising: placing the stimulus plunger in non-invasive contact with the patient's genital area; activating the piezoelectric disk to generate an electromagnetic response indicative of the non-invasive contact; using the electromagnetic response to identify at least one electrical response indicative of the bulbocavernosus reflex from a plurality of electrodes placed on the patient's skin adjacent to the genital area; determining at least one quantity selected from the group of a time delay between the electromagnetic response and the at least one electrical response, a time duration of the at least one electrical response, a value indicative of a magnitude of the at least one electrical response, and an attenuation in the at least one electrical response; and comparing the quantity to a predetermined baseline.